- An Ecuadorian footballer prays for the safe return of his wife and son, five
- Masked men burst into his house in the middle of wider gang chaos across the country
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A distraught footballer hid under his bed and listened with horror to masked intruders kidnapped his wife and his five -year -old son.
Jackson Rodriguez, who plays in Ecuador, implores the safe return of his family after men ransacked his property at 3 am on Wednesday morning.
It seems that the scared gang sought to capture the Emelec star in the middle of a broader reign of chaos and the violence of crime groups organized in the South American nation.
Police confirmed that the men, who broke the front door of Rodriguez, asked whether the defender was on the property before taking off with his relatives.
Rodriguez says he looked out the window and saw them in a “Gray Double Cabin Cabin”.
It comes less than two weeks after the equator declared the state of emergency in several provinces, including the capital Quito, on the eve of the presidential runoff.
An Ecuadorian footballer pleads to the release of his wife and his son after being kidnapped
Jackson Rodriguez struck under the bed when he heard masked intruders walking in his house
The violence of the gangs has seen the murder rates in Ecuador (photo: document photo of individuals held after gang clashes in Guayaquil)
The coastal nation has become the capital of murder in South America, with a horrible murder rate of 44.5 per 100,000 people in 2023, with gangland shots that governed the streets and rivals that cut their hearts.
On Easter Sunday, a Briton was lynched and burned alive by a crowd in a police station in a popular tourist area, where he had been placed in police custody for an alleged shooting.
Footballer Rodriguez plays in the elite of Ecuadorian football. His city of Guayaquil, where he lives in the district of Modicho Lote 2, was seriously struck by violence.
Last month, 22 people were killed in a battle bitter firearms in the northern district of Guayaquil de Nueva Prosperina as members of the infamous Los Tigerones union made a blow on a rival group.
The president of the equator, Daniel Noboa, who recently won his re -election, has promised to repress the criminal gangs that torn the nation.
In addition to the bloody tactic to cut hearts, some of the fiercest gangs turn to beheading.
Not only is macabre practice used as a shock and jump tactic to discourage normal citizens from challenging or challenging cartels, but it is also considered a way to send messages directly to rival gang members or even government officials.
ESPN says that there were 2,345 violent deaths reported between January and March in Ecuador.
In December, footballer Pedro Perlaza was removed along the coast in Esmeraldas before being rescued a few days later.
