2024-08-25 23:49:31
Juan, name protected, was displaced from his home by the mafia a year ago. With his wife, daughters and granddaughters They lived in one of the invasions from Durán, the most dangerous city in the country. But one afternoon in June, the criminal organization arrived to get them all out.
The next day his house was broken into by the same criminal group.
The father of the family comments that the inhabitants who decide to stay must pay criminals a monthly feefor light, water and security.
Roberto is another victim. Six months ago he and his family were also banished from their home.
His wife returned home to retrieve her belongings, but lThe criminals tried to kidnap her.
Both, along with their families, They rent houses in other cantons from Guayas.
In Durán there is no official figure of how many families have been displaced by the mafias. Only in La Delia, one of the invasions, there are 80 abandoned properties, The uniformed officers presume that the criminals robbed the owners in order to hold the kidnapped people captive.