The attackers entered the place and fired with automatic rifles against the spectators. The attack was recorded near midnight in the rural community of Valencia.
A violent attack occurred on Thursday night in a rural area of Ecuador, when a group of armed men, dressed in uniforms similar to those of the military, broke into an enclosure where rooster fights were developed and opened fire against the attendees. The National Police confirmed that at least 12 people lost their lives in the attack.
The attack was recorded near midnight in the rural community of Valencia, located on the border between the provinces of Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. The attackers entered the place and fired with automatic rifles against the spectators. According to Colonel Renán Miller Rivera, several people were also injured, although it was not specified how many.
Videos captured by security cameras and widespread on social networks show how at least Five armed individuals broke into the site and began to shoot indiscriminately between the crowdthat was around the hundred attendees. Those present tried to protect themselves by throwing themselves to the ground and hiding under the seats.
Ecuador: The attackers used military uniforms for the surprise attack
Criminal bands in Ecuador often use replicas of military uniforms to execute their attacksa practice that has become common in the middle of the rise of violence linked to drug trafficking.
Subsequently, the authorities found on a nearby road two abandoned vehicles, one of them completely calcined and another overturned. Military uniforms thrown on the road were also found, which reinforces the hypothesis of the use of tactical costumes by the aggressors.
This attack occurs in a high voltage context in Ecuador, where eight provinces, including Manabí, remain under state of exception. The President Daniel Noboa He renewed this measure a few days before being re -elected, with the aim of fighting the growing criminal violence in the country.
Source: Ambito
