Santiago. An employee of a courier company was added to the list of victims of crime, when he was killed by members of a gang of criminals who had assaulted a family moments before.
Francisco Carlos Hecker Toribio, 21, died from shots fired by several individuals while carrying merchandise to the El Ingenio de Santiago sector. According to reports, the assailants first entered the home of the family of photojournalist Roque Ferreira, who for several years worked for the newspaper elCaribe in Santiago, and there they took money and cell phones from those who were inside the house. house.
On his way out they ordered the messenger to stop, who refused to stop and in retaliation they fired shots at him. Hecker Toribio, father of two children, one and two years old, lived on Calle 3 in the Cienfuegos sector of the Santiago Oeste municipal district. He worked as a delivery service for the courier company “Rapidín”, which transports clothes, accessories and other merchandise.
assaults
In neighborhoods around the Ensanche Libertad, such as Las Antillas, there are several reports of people being assaulted by armed individuals who were traveling on three motorcycles. While merchants in the Los Reyes sector, in the northern part of this municipality, they expressed their concern about the wave of robberies and robberies at establishments that have increased in recent months.
Retail and wholesale vendors indicate that they are at the expense of criminals who do not respect time or private security, showing no fear. They point out that the presence of police patrols is very timid, which increases fear, for which they request more security. The businesses that have been robbed are lottery banks, hardware stores, supermarkets and others.
An 83-year-old woman took her own life.
The authorities are investigating the death of an elderly woman, found hanged at her residence in the Guayabales community of the municipal district of Juncalito in the municipality of Jánico. The lady was identified as Esperanza Collado, 83 years old. It was reported that the woman presented a depressive picture. The case has caused astonishment among relatives and neighbors.
