Cuenca, Ecuador: Senior Citizen Shot, robbed of $10,000 near market

Posted on March 22, 2017 • Filed under: Crime, Ecuador, Ecuador Emergency, Police/Military Activity

Elderly man shot in leg, subjects on motorcycles steal $ 10,000 in Cuenca, Ecuador – one suspect taken into custody after police search.

elmercurio.com.ec (machine translated) reported an elderly man was the victim of an assault on Viracochabamba Avenue and Quillanan Street (near Mercado 12 de Abril) in Cuenca.

Two men on a motorcycle approached the citizen and shot him on one of his legs to get $ 10,000 in cash.

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Immediately authorities were alerted of this emergency, and paramedics of the Ministry of Public Health helped the man to be transferred to a hospitalhealth home. According to the residents of the sector at least four shots were heard.

Also the National Police was alerted of this known event under the modality of sacapintas, and immediately carried out an operation by land and air, which resulted in the arrest of an alleged suspect for the investigations.

This would be the first case of sacapintas that is registered this year in Cuenca Read Article

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