La violencia dej\u00f3 una nueva v\u00edctima en Puerto Bol\u00edvar, Machala. Washington Fernando Mej\u00eda Melendres, de 44 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 horas despu\u00e9s del ataque armado registrado la noche del s\u00e1bado 25 de abril en la calle Sucre, elevando a seis el n\u00famero de muertos en este hecho que ha conmocionado a la provincia de El Oro.<\/p>\n
Seg\u00fan informaci\u00f3n preliminar, los atacantes llegaron en un veh\u00edculo blanco con caracter\u00edsticas similares a una patrulla policial. Vest\u00edan chalecos con distintivos parecidos a los de la fuerza p\u00fablica, ropa oscura y pasamonta\u00f1as, lo que inicialmente hizo creer a quienes estaban reunidos afuera de una vivienda que se trataba de un operativo.<\/p>\n
La confusi\u00f3n dur\u00f3 solo unos segundos. Los sujetos abrieron fuego contra el grupo, dejando m\u00faltiples v\u00edctimas en el lugar. Entre los fallecidos se encuentran David Alejandro Fallain Giler (36), Wilson Alfredo Mej\u00eda Melendres (47), Jos\u00e9 Daniel Cheme Vite (26), Freddy Alejandro Rosado Panche (63) y Jorge Luis Mej\u00eda Melendres (30).<\/p>\n
Horas despu\u00e9s, el veh\u00edculo utilizado en el ataque fue hallado incinerado en el barrio Amazonas, cerca de los muelles. En relaci\u00f3n con este hecho, dos personas fueron detenidas como presuntos implicados en la quema del automotor.<\/p>\n
Las autoridades investigan el caso bajo la hip\u00f3tesis de un conflicto entre organizaciones delictivas por el control territorial, mientras contin\u00faan las diligencias para esclarecer este episodio de violencia que deja una profunda huella en la comunidad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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