Ecuador: Gunmen Assassinate Commander of Armed Forces Special Operations Group
Crime scene of Lieutenant Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, Feb. 14, 2025. X/ @AlmaCede
February 14, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am
Porfirio Cedenio was in charge of military operations in Duran, one of the most dangerous cantons in this Andean country.
On Friday morning, gunmen killed Lieutenant Colonel Porfirio Cedeño, the commander of the Special Operations Group of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces.
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The murder occurred on the road to Daule, near the Penitentiary of the Litoral of Guayaquil. Cedeño was traveling in a vehicle, whose driver was also wounded.
“Lieutenant Colonel Cedeño was traveling in a silver Ford double-cab pickup truck with his driver when he was shot. The commander died at the scene, while his companion was taken to a nursing home, where he remains hospitalized in critical condition,” the newspaper Extra reported.
After the attack, the Armed Forces requested support to capture those responsible and offered a reward for information on the intellectual and material authors of the murder of Porfirio Cedeño.
Cedeño was heading to a ceremony in Manta city in which President Daniel Noboa was scheduled to attend. As a result of the events, however, the Ecuadorian president cancelled his participation in that event.
Cedeño, who was in charge of military operations in Duran, one of the most dangerous cantons in Ecuador, had more than 25 years of service in the armed forces. Years ago he was part of the security of then-president Rafael Correa (2007-2017).
“Lieutenant Colonel Porfirio Javier Cedeño Cedeño, from Manabi, is the new victim of the murderous bullets. He was a member of my security for many years and a dear friend… Farewell, dear friend,” Correa said via social media.
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Sources: EL Mercurio – Expreso
