Hitmen Assassinate Duran City Prosecutor in Ecuador

Hitmen Assassinate Duran City Prosecutor in Ecuador

On Thursday, the Ecuadorian Attorney General's Office confirmed the death of Prosecutor Leonardo Palacios in Duran, a neighboring city of Guayaquil, which is one of the areas most affected by crime and insecurity since Guillermo Lasso became president in 2021. RELATED: Six Citizens Are Running for the Ecuadorean Presidency So Far According to the first investigations, Palacios and his secretary were shot at by unknown persons when they were d…

Leonardo Palacios, the prosecutor of the city of Durán, in the province of Guayas, was killed with more than 35 shots, amidst the wave of insecurity that Ecuador is experiencing today. According to information from the Attorney General's Office here, the official was attacked when he was driving in his vehicle, after concluding a trial hearing against two accused of murder. The event occurs in the midst of militarization in that Ecuadorian cit…