Nine Killed in Ecuador’s Manabí After Puerto López Fish-Market Massacre as Police Probe Los Choneros Rift

Overview

• Gunmen in a pickup and on motorcycles opened fire on buyers and sellers on the Malecón in Puerto López, killing six at the scene including a two-year-old and wounding three.
• The weekend death toll reached nine after earlier killings on Saturday, including two brothers identified locally as alleged Los Choneros figures shot in a medical office.
• Police Colonel Wladimir Acurio said investigators have important leads and are carrying out raids to locate and capture the perpetrators.
• Interior Minister João Reimberg pledged to use the full force of the state, while authorities reported no arrests so far.
• Manabí is enduring its most violent year on record with 1,216 violent deaths and a tripling of mass attacks to 23 events that left more than 100 dead, according to local reports.