A shooting no casualties were recorded this Thursday during one of the final actions of the campaign Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboaaccording to sources from his presidential campaign, an event that the government ruled out as an attack on a businessman and former MP.

The event took place during the caravan, which the candidate, protected by body armorwas carried out in Duran, a municipality in the Guayaquil metropolitan area, known as one of the highest crime areas in Ecuador and designated by the authorities as an area used by drug traffickers to store cocaine, which was later taken to the port.

Although the members who accompanied him denounced first it was an attack against the candidate, Ecuadorian Interior Minister Juan Zapata ruled out that it was an armed attack on Noboa.

The Ecuadorian police ruled out it was an attack against a presidential candidate.

Zapata indicated that members of the National Police of Ecuador were stationed in the area, from where the caravan quickly left the place to rescue Noboa.which can be seen in some of the members’ videos posted on social media.

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Videos are being broadcast on social networks that have alerted the population of Ecuador, because one of those who filmed the moment said “poor, they just attacked Daniel Noboa”, and he ran around the surrounding streets where the shooting allegedly took place.

According to local media, this could be a confrontation between local gangs.

However, Noboa later insisted that X (formerly Twitter) it was an attack on his caravan.

“They have just attacked the caravan in which we were moving in Duran. Thank God we came out unscathed,” wrote candidate, son of a tycoon and five-time presidential candidate, Alvaro Noboa.

In another video, the presidential candidate can be seen riding a tow truck on a campaign tour through the streets of Guayaquil. in this video Daniel Noboa bent over and hide from possible bullets.

“Intimidation and fear have no place in the country we love and for which we seek to change once and for all. We will continue the closing caravan in Guayaquil.taking care of yourself, but with great faith, optimism and determination. Thank you for your messages and encourage us to continue,” said Noboa, who represents the ADN alliance.

Last week assassination of another presidential candidate in a South American country. On August 9, Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead at the end of a political rally.

A few days earlier, Villavicencio had denounced the death threats he had received, allegedly from Adolfo Macías “Fito”, the boss of Los Choneros, one of the gangs in Ecuador involved in organized crime and drug trafficking. that the candidate promised to fight.

Noboa also said he received death threats last Sunday.in statements made at the entrance to the presidential debate, which he attended with strict security measures and body armor, which he did not take off during the entire meeting with other candidates.

The candidate is one of eight who decided to replace the current president, conservative Guillermo Lasso, and end the 2021-2025 period, cut short in May when the president invoked the constitutional “death on the cross” mechanism to dissolve the opposition-dominated National Assembly (Parliament), while time to prepare for a vote on his resignation. EFE

(According to information from EFE)