The last minutes of Mariana Granja, before being killed in an assault

A "brutal" murder has left us shocked, but more with fear of going to the streets of Quito.Mariana Granja, 68, received three bullet impacts by refusing to be assaulted by a 19 -year -old foreign subject: a bullet crossed her left leg, another on her shoulder and the last wounded her head.Still alive, he arrived at a hospital near the Iñaquito sector, where the assault happened, with a brain trauma.Marianita did not resist and died.

After 6 days of his murder, the National Police made the reconstruction of the events together with agents of Criminalistics, Prosecutor's Office and was attended by three royal witnesses: her friend, the suspect of murder (she was in the place but did not participatein reconstruction for his right to silence) and the policeman who captured the subject.This, to collect more details of the moment of crime, that is, the historical truth of the event.

An atmosphere full of tension was lived on Amazonas Avenue and United Nations around 2:00 pm on Friday.The people who traveled through the sector looked with anxiety to the police officers who surrounded the place.Some asked what happened?Others supposed it because it is difficult.

The reconstruction of the events occurred with Marianita's friend, she wore a black pine.She gave all the details and walked slowly with an agent of the prosecution, who took the victim's "role".

His journey began on Amazonas and the United Nations Avenue, Marianita and her friend left a shopping center, crossed the street to enter another mall, made a tour of three ATMs from the place, in two she could not get money, but in thethird, he got it.

Was the thief stalking her or did he see that the woman had taken money from the cashier and followed her?When leaving the mall, Mariana and her friend hoped to cross the street through the zebra crossing and there happened the unexpected.An atrocious assault at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 1, in the middle of the street, 50 meters from the General Police Command.

The witness narrated all the facts, mentioned that the subject appeared by his back, he tried to force the bag to the woman, but he resisted, when struggling, he fell to the ground.At that moment the suspect, shoots him in his leg, but Marianita was still tied from her bag with her left hand.Receive another bullet impact on the shoulder, and try to remove your belonging, in the end shoot again for the third time hurting your head without stealing.The suspect runs away with his partner who was waiting for him on a motorcycle meters from the place.

Look in images the reconstruction of the facts:

For things of destiny, in the sector was Joseph Morales, a police hidden, that that day was Franco.From his vehicle he saw how the suspect advanced Amazonas Avenue against Japan Street.At that time he advanced through the same south-norte fooling route, he took the United Nations and saw how the motorcycle advanced through the same route until it turns right to the Shyris Avenue.The Gendarme said that at the intersection with Eloy Alfaro Avenue, the subject got off the motorcycle and grabbed a taxi.Minutes later he was captured by the National Police on Avenida 10 de Agosto and Cristóbal Colón after an operation coordinated with ECU 911.

At the end of the diligence, the prosecutor of the Guarantees Unit 4, Alexei Hoyos, said with the two expertise carried out (recreation of the facts and ballistics) claims to have enough elements to accuse and judge the suspect.

«The elements collected by the Prosecutor's Office allow to determine too much, that for the moment and effectively, the subject that is detained is responsible for the Marianita case, by virtue of the elements collected and recognition of the suspect.We have taken early testimonies, DNA tests, and everything converges that the foreign citizen would have participation in the act ».«We are going to collect some more elements.We are trying to locate other alleged witnesses who could have had an indirect participation in the event, ”he concluded.

In the place it was possible to show the outrage of the people because of this unnecessary death. Temor al caminar por las calles a cualquier hora del día, rencor con las autoridades por no reforzar la seguridad en todos los sectores.It is not the first time that they murder a person, but this time he ‘hit‘ knowing his life.Marianita was an honest woman, dedicated to working with cancer children for more than 10 years, a senior citizen who always generated huge empathy with the boys.Mariana became a symbol of the fight against cancer.

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