Otto Sonnenholznerone of the presidential candidates of Ecuador that will compete this Sunday in the national electionssuffered a shooting that took place a few meters from the place where he had breakfast with his family. “We demand an investigation,” he said.
The leader denounced the incident through his official Twitter account: “We have just suffered a shooting in front of the place where I was having breakfast with my family. Thank God we are all fine, but we demand an investigation into what happened. The fear and helplessness that I saw in the eyes of everyone present hurts me. We can’t go on like this…”
Although he did not give details about the location of the shooting, Guayaquil residents heard detonations in the area near the Café de Tere restaurant.
In a video that went viral through social networks, you can see how the candidate, who was inside the premises, interacted normally with people until more than two shots were heard from a firearm.
Crisis in Ecuador: the violence does not stop
The political and social crisis in Ecuador began with the death cross arranged by President Lasso: The president, involved in corruption cases, concluded the term of office of the heads of the executive and legislative powers and called for early elections.
What followed was a string of uninterrupted violence marked by the blood of one of the candidates, in a context of growing organized crime. During a rally in Quitothe candidate for president the Build Movement, Fernando Villavicencio, was murdered shot by hitmen.
Days later, the Ecuadorian political system suffered the death of Pedro Brioneswho served as party leader of Rafael Correa in the province of Esmeraldas. He was shot to death, according to colleagues reported on social networks.
Elections in Ecuador: another leader denounces a shooting
to the situation experienced by Sonnenholzner joins the mayor of the coastal town of La Libertad, Francisco Tamarizclose to the former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), who denounced that he was the victim of a shooting attack on the eve of the early general elections this Sunday in Ecuador.
“THEY TRIED TO KILL ME”expressed the politician through his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter), adding that there are “more than eight witnesses” to the attack recorded around midnight on Friday and in which the police apparently participated, according to the news agency. AFP.
Tamariz pointed out that He emerged unharmed from the attack along with his wife and two other relatives who were traveling in an armored vehicle, which was the target of about 30 shots.
Source: Ambito
