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Militants shot dead nine people in northern Ecuador

The attack would have been revenge on the fishermen. | Fountain: AFP | Photographer: –

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Nine people were killed on Tuesday in Ecuador about thirty people. armed attackers who arrived by boat and car at the port for handicraft fishermen in the northern province emeraldson the Colombian border, authorities said.

The prosecutor’s office confirmed on Twitter “the removal of 7 corpses from the Artistic Fishing Port of the Canton (Esmeraldas) and 2 more at a nearby medical center”, which were transferred to the forensic center.

Videos shared on social media show the public pulling bodies out of the water and other bloodied corpses lying on the ground in Esmeraldas, the capital of the province of the same name, located about 300 kilometers north of Quito.

The attack took place around 09:00 (local time), when more than 1,500 people were in the port of this city on the Pacific Ocean, the secretary of the interior explained. Juan Zapata.

The identity of the dead is unknown, although local media indicate that most of them were fishermen.

“We’ll capture them!” the President assured. William LassoOn Twitter.

“Massacre”

“Thirty well-armed men (…) are firing these shots in a criminal, criminal way,” said Minister Zapata in an interview with the TV channel. Equavisa.

According to the portfolio manager, the attack occurred because fishermen “they preferred safety” to one of the organized gangs, “and in retaliation” the rival group opened fire.

intruders According to the official version, they arrived at the port on two boats and an unknown number of cars.

One of the taxis they were traveling in was abandoned at the port, according to another tweet from the prosecutor’s office.

The Ecuadorian Navy announced on Twitter that it was deploying troops to “intensify military operations in the air, at sea and on land” and “identify” those responsible. (AFP)


Source: RPP

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