{"id":122183,"date":"2023-12-14T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=122183"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:09:28","slug":"hitmen-mistakenly-execute-family-of-4-children-after-going-to-wrong-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/hitmen-mistakenly-execute-family-of-4-children-after-going-to-wrong-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitmen mistakenly execute family of 4 children after going to wrong address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/5115490.jpg?r=1702561187846\"><\/p>\n<p>A five-month old baby and three other children were killed by Ecuadorian gunmen who meant to target a different house.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy happened Tuesday night in Guayaquil, a port city that is one of the most violent in the South American country.<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen entered the home and fired multiple shots, killing the infant along with three kids aged 3, 5 and 7.<\/p>\n<p>Their parents were also injured, with the mother being hospitalized, said the country&#8217;s Attorney General&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador has seen a dramatic rise in organized drug crime since 2016. Between January 2019 and June 2022, homicides of young people between the ages of 15 and 19 went up by 500 percent.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/5115499.jpg?r=1702561187895\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Sick Eastern European crime gangs using women and children to shoplift across UK[INSIGHT] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>London gangs using female spotters to help steal \u00a350m in watches[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Armed migrants smuggled by the Taliban storm Europe&#8217;s borders[REPORT] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The gunmen in this week&#8217;s attack meant to target members of the Los Lagartos gang in an &#8220;adjacent house,&#8221; prosecutors say.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities later found material to make &#8220;explosives&#8221; in the other home.<\/p>\n<p>Los Lagartos is one of two gangs that dominate the impoverished sector where the killings took place.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador&#8217;s government said the murders &#8220;demonstrate the cruelty&#8221; with which armed groups act in the country, according to El Heraldo de Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/5115500.jpg?r=1702561187964\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Gangs have run wild in Ecuador since 2016, when the Colombian government legitimized the Marxist revolutionary FARC guerilla group.<\/p>\n<p>The group controlled lucrative cocaine trafficking routes in Ecuador. When they withdrew, a power vaccum allowed Ecuadorian gangs to slide in.<\/p>\n<p>They got even more powerful after the economic downturn of COVID-19 and a drop in oil prices made gangs a more attractive option for young men, according to the<span>\u00a0<\/span>Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n<p>There were about 22 murders per 100,000 people in Ecuador in 2022, putting the once peaceful nation on par with countries like Mexico and Colombia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow our social media accounts here on facebook.com\/ExpressUSNews and @expressusnews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/1845609\/hitmen-wrong-address-execute-family-children-Ecuador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A five-month old baby and three other children were killed by Ecuadorian gunmen who meant to target a different house. 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