The wife of the football player, the 5 -year -old child kidnapped as he hid under the bed during the invasion of home in Ecuador, said the police Blogging Sole

Update: The wife of Jackson Rodríguez and the 5 -year -old child were rescued, police said.

The wife of Ecuadorian football Jackson Rodríguez and the 5 -year -old child were kidnapped early Wednesday, police reported when men broke into their house in search of defender Emelec, who told investigators that he had hidden under a bed.

The kidnappings took place around 3 a.m. in the coastal city of Guayaquilsaid the police chief, Edison Rodríguez.

In his police testimony, the 26-year-old back-back said he was hiding under a bed when he heard the door to the outset, according to the police chief. The authors took Rodriguez’s wife and child after asking the woman if Rodríguez was at the residence.

According to police, Rodríguez saw a window “that individuals were traveling in a gray -colored double -colored van”.

The incident occurred in the midst of a state of emergency declared 10 days ago by the government in nine areas of the country, including the province of Guayas, to which Guayaquil belongs. The measure allows the mobilization of security forces in these territories to combat the operations of organized crime groups, which the authorities blame for the wave of violence.

The Ecuador is home to around 20 criminal gangs – with striking names like “LOS Freddy Kruegers” and “The Peaky Blinders” – Involved in traffic, removal and extortion.

Insecurity and crime tormented the equator for four years, with an increase in the first months of the year, according to the government. Between January and March, 2,345 violent deaths were reported, including 742 in Guayaquil, located about 170 miles in the southwest of the capital Quito.

The port city is considered one of the most dangerous areas in the country. According to authorities, illegal drug expeditions are sent to Europe, Central America and the United States.

Other athletes have been targeted in the past. In December, the football player Pedro Perlaza, who played for the Liga of Quito, was kidnapped in Esmeraldas, a city located about 115 miles northwest of Quito. He was saved alive a few days later.

The United States targets gangs in equator

President Daniel NoboaWho has been re-elected to a second term in the elections earlier this month, suggested that American special forces should be deployed in equator to combat drug violence and floating legal reforms to allow American bases to operate in the country.

At least two leaders of high-level equatorial gangs targeted by the United States made the headlines this year. Earlier this month, the fugitive chief of “Los Cheronos” who was counting on hitmen, bribes and military weapons to do business accused in New York On the accusations, he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine in the United States. José Adolfo Macías Villamar – whose nickname is “Fito” – escaped from an equator prison last year and is not in American custody.

In 2024, the The sanctions imposed on the US Treasury On “Los Choneros”.

Earlier this year, a leader in one of the largest unions in Ecuador’s crime, Los Lobos, was arrested at home in the coastal city of Portoviejo. Carlos D, widely known by his alias El Chino, was the second commander of Los Lobos and “considered a target of great value”, said the armed forces in a press release.

THE The United States last year said Los Lobos be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador.