Police are recovering the body of City Councilman Bolivar Vera from a roadside in Ecuador on the 8th (local time). yunhap news
In Ecuador, South America, which suffered great turmoil due to the murder of a presidential candidate, a local council member was brutally murdered.
The Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office announced on its official social media on the 8th (local time), “We have opened an investigation into the kidnapping and death of Duran City councilor Bolivar Vera,” and “we have collected relevant evidence at the scene.”
Councilman Vera was found dead on this day in the grass on the side of the road with his hands tied. He had multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, local daily El Universo reported, citing police officials.
Councilman Vera began his legislative activities in May of this year, and was very popular, actively participating in residents’ events, his political party, the Social Christian Party (right-wing), said in a condolence statement.
In Ecuador, drug trafficking gangs are active, and security instability is worsening, with gang members linked to Colombian and Mexican cartels regularly clashing in prisons. Authorities estimate that more than 430 inmates have been killed since 2021.
On the 20th of last month, ahead of the first presidential election, a candidate was shot and killed in front of a campaign rally.
Colombian prosecutors announced that they had executed an arrest warrant the previous day and arrested four people in connection with the assassination of a presidential candidate. As a result, the number of suspects currently detained in connection with this case has increased to 10. Another person was shot and killed while running away from the police on the day of the incident.
Meanwhile, candidate Luisa González (45), who is scheduled to face the presidential election against candidate Daniel Novoa Asin (35) on the 15th of next month, appeared on a radio broadcast the previous day, criticizing the current government’s security policy and saying, “Venezuela is a better place to live than Ecuador.” His remarks also caused controversy locally.
Venezuela is a country widely known in Latin America for its poor security. Even in the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ travel warning, which is divided into levels 1 to 4, Venezuela is the only region in Central and South America where the entire region is designated as level 3 (recommended to leave).
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2023-09-09 00:22:25
