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Ecuador gang kills tourists in case of mistaken identity
Sunday, 31 Mar 2024 8:20 AM MYT
QUITO, Ecuador, March 31 — Ecuadoran gangsters abducted, interrogated and killed five tourists, apparently thinking they were members of a rival drug gang, officials said today.
Around 20 attackers stormed a hotel yesterday in the beach town of Ayampe in southern Ecuador and kidnapped six adults and a child, local police commander Richard Vaca said.
The abducted tourists, all Ecuadorans, were interrogated and hours later the bodies of five adults were found with gunshot wounds on a road, he said.
The assailants “apparently mistook them for adversaries” from a rival drug gang, said Vaca.
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https://www.malaymail.com/news/world/2024/03/31/ecuador-gang-kills-tourists-in-case-of-mistaken-identity/126461
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