EIn the Nueva Prosperina district, ‘security’ has an economic value, the minimum: $1. Antonio is 30 years old and since he was a child he has resided in block 1 of Balerio Estacio, in the northwest of Guayaquil. This sector and other cooperatives such as Monte Sinaí, Flor de Bastión, Socio Vivienda, El Fortín, are part of the aforementioned jurisdiction of Zone 8.
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The tranquility with which Antonio and his three brothers grew up, Crime took them away two years ago.when murders, robberies and ‘vaccines’ intensified, a crime that currently plagues almost 100% of the population of this Buenos Aires area.
“Each criminal organization has its territory. They can’t go into a foreign neighborhood. The difference is that The Tiguerones do not ask for a fixed fee, but it depends on the house and the type of business. The Choneros ask all the houses for a dollar a week, and those that pay and are up to date they put a sticker which is a message that nothing is going to happen to us, because we are being ‘taken care of’ by these gangs,” he explained.
37% of extortion complaints are for ‘vaccines’. There is a black figure, that is, people who prefer to pay.
He confessed that due to the fear generated by these criminal groups, due to the violent way in which they operate, lhe inhabitants are forced to pay for the ‘vaccine’ every Saturday, or to pay the fee to be able to live in peace, since in some way these criminals ‘protect’ them and prevent them from robbing them or attacking their lives.
The issue of extortion has become so normalized in this sector of the city that residents prefer to pay than living in fear or being victims of a violent act against them or their families. This is revealed by Sandra, another resident of this area of Guayaquil.
The woman, 43 years old, resides in Paraíso de la Flor and has a grocery business. She pays 20 dollars a week for her house and her premises.
“People no longer call the police or report it, because these criminals have contacts and ‘eyes’ everywhere. It’s more dangerous, it’s better to pay and be at peace with these gangs. They charge me a little more because I have a store, they also charge my neighbors even though I don’t have a business. We work for these gangs,” the woman lamented.
Both the sector where Sandra resides and El Fortín and the Nueva Prosperina cooperative are ‘vaccinated’ by Los Tiguerones. LThe Choneros ‘camellan’ in Monte Sinaí, Flor de Bastión and the Nuevo Guayaquil cooperative.
Another resident, who requested that his identity be withheld, recounted the fear that his neighbors experienced when armed men They broke into a friend’s house and took everything what was inside the house and billiards.
“They asked for $3,000 as an initial fee. The man had no way to pay them and he and his family decided to leave their home. Days later, these guys arrived and took him to the pool tables, leaving him with nothing.. The owner of a pantry, on the other hand, was asked for $50 a week and a thousand down payment. When he didn’t pay, they kidnapped him. “They had already shot up the house.”
He said that those who work as tricimoteros must also pay ‘vaccination’, but they are given a bank account number so they can deposit $10 a week.
At a press conference four days agoGeneral Víctor Herrera, commander of Zone 8, reported that during 2023 the Police have received 5,786 complaints of extortion. 37%, for ‘vaccines’. (AEB)
They leave them a happy face
A police source confirmed to this newspaper the reality experienced by the inhabitants of northwest Buenos Aires. He stated that in agreement With the data collected, at least 70% of the population of this area is a victim of extortionistsand that one of the gangs puts a sticker with a happy face on the houses and premises that pay for the ‘vaccine’.
“The murders have stopped pHear the pact that Tiguerones and Choneros made. Now ‘vaccinating’ is more profitable for them than selling drugs,” said the source.
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2024-01-01 03:27:07
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