The first case of hitmen on Wednesday, September 20, in the city of Durán , adjacent to Guayaquil, was reported before 8:45 a.m.: a 22-year-old man was murdered in the market of the fifth stage of Recreo .

Residents of the sector say that the victim was a known drug user in the sector and that he collaborated in the market. According to witnesses, he was fleeing from his executioners and was shot among the merchants.According to the images from the market's security cameras, which were released after noon, the hitman looked as young as the victim.

The one at the market would be the first in daylight, after at 4:30 in the morning a man who was riding a bicycle was shot in the Los Helechos sector. The day before, nine people were murdered by hitmen in different places in the city. Six injuries were also reported.

So far this year, 195 people have died from hitmen.

Durán, a city of 135 thousand inhabitants, is an area in dispute by drug trafficking gangs since it became the collection site for large shipments of drugs waiting to be shipped on one of the ships that leave for Europe or the United States. from some of the city's ports.

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