Guayaquil, Ecuador: Robbers targeting drivers while in traffic when exiting Santa Ana tunnel

Posted on February 1, 2017 • Filed under: Crime, Ecuador, Ecuador Emergency

eluniverso.com reported the robberies in the midst of intense traffic were presented again last Monday night with drivers leaving the tunnel taking Pedro Menendez Avenue. That day, in addition, the congestion was intensified by the intense rain of the night and the damage in a car.

At the end of last year, the manager of a company denounced this type of robbery.

This time, at 18:30, a driver who avoided her identification told that when she left the Santa Ana hill tunnel, from the center to the north, two people with weapons in hand robbed a driver of about 60 years old in a 4×4 car.

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Stunned by the event, she passed the vehicle as another driver of a Ford Explorer climbed the central park of the avenue to go the opposite lane. “They were all going slowly because the traffic was intense,” he said.

“My nerves hit me. I went to the side of the thieves when I saw that they were moving about five cars behind me to continue stealing, “added the driver about what he saw in just 5 minutes without observing police.

Weeks ago, other drivers have reported similar robberies and have requested police presence at traffic lights in desolate avenues or in other congested ones such as av. Julián Coronel, av. Kennedy and the perimeter Read Article

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