Posted on 04/12/2023 6:39:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Police said some of the victims were boatmen, some hauled cargo and others worked in the warehouses on the water's edge, where shrimp and fish are stored. The youngest was 28 and the oldest 79 years old.
Video shared on social media shows a boat full of men arriving at the port. Dozens of shots can be heard ringing out as people on the dockside flee in panic.
Police said that at least 180 rounds had been fired during the attack.
While the victims worked in small-scale fishing businesses in Esmeraldas, the port is also of strategic importance for drug traffickers, who use it to launch speed boats laden with cocaine.
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