Ecuador: Santa Elena and Ruta del Spondylus / Home burglaries increase first two months of 2013

Santa Elena and Ruta del Spondylus / Home burglaries on increase first two months of 2013
Eluniverso.com reported that prosecution statistics reveal that in the first two months of 2013 were 85 burglaries, while in the same period last year occurred 68, reflecting an increase of 17 robberies. In the first week of March this year there were four. Among the latter is the robbery he suffered last March 7 Alcívar Luis Córdova, Jimmy Candell neighborhood dweller, Santa Elena. He tells that criminals broke one wall of his property to avoid a TV, a gas cylinder, a DVD and a clock.
Police reports that in the last six months of 2012 were arrested 21 people involved in such incidents. In that year, according to police statistics, there were 594 thefts from homes, while in 2011 were 449.
48 THEFT A HOMES were recorded in January 2013, police in Santa Elena, while in the same period of 2012 were 35.
2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN arrested so far in 2013, statistics show police. In the last half of 2012 there were 21 captured.
594 Robberies HOUSES were reported last year in the three counties in the province: Santa Elena, Salinas and La Libertad. Read Article

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