Quito, Ecuador-Equadorian football player Jackson Rodriguez’s wife and 5-year-old child was abducted on Wednesday, police said, when the men broke into their house in search of an amleck defender, who told investigators that he had hidden under a bed.
Police chief édison rodríguez said that the kidnapping took place at around 3 pm in the city of Guiakil.
In his police testimony, 26 -year -old Phulback said he hid under a bed when he heard that he had broken the front door, according to the police chief.
The criminals took Rodriguez’s wife and child after asking the woman whether Rodriguez was at the residence.
According to police, Rodriguez saw from a window “that the person was traveling in a gray double-canb pickup truck.”
The incident occurred in nine regions of the country between the emergency announced 10 days ago by the government, including Guas province, which has Guiaki. This measure allows the gathering of security forces in areas to combat the operation of organized crime groups that have been convicted by the authorities for the wave of violence.
According to the government, with an increase in the first few months of the year, insecurity and crime have plagued the Ecuador for four years. Between January and March, 2,345 violent deaths occurred, out of which 742 occurred 168 miles south of the capital Quito in Guiaki.
Other athletes have been targeted in the past. In December 2024, football player Pedro Parlaja, who played for Leiga de Quito, was abducted in the city Esmeraldus, 113 miles north of Quito, and rescued a few days later.
