Expat Murdered in Ecuador

crowdpub Active member

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9 years ago

Last night on April 14, 2017, a 76 year old U.S. expat living in Nab贸n, Ecuador about 48 km from Cuenca was a victim of a home invasion. Reports indicate that four men with firearms entered the expat's residence. He was shot three times per twitter accounts in the abdomen. His wife evaded the attack by hiding in the bathroom and a housekeeper was threatened but apparently not injured. News sources are reporting the victim's name as David Albert Senechalle. However, this name may ot be correct as often the case with misspellings of names in the press. Early reports stated the victim's name as David (C). The assailants removed numerous items from the residence. An alarm was activated. Nab贸n is a rural area.

These reports are from聽 / Elcomercio.com/ twitter accounts, and Radio la voz del tomebamba, latinamericacurrentevents.com.

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Nards Barley ViP

1633POSTS

9 years ago

I just saw this as well on CuencaHighlife and then immediately googled it on El Comercio.

I think I would have titled the article "Expat murdered in home invasion".

crowdpub Active member

29POSTS

9 years ago

At the site is titled that... but when we first became aware of it early this morning it was not being reported as a home invasion.... we have put two versions up.. the first when it was reported on an individuals twitter account and from a radio broadcast. As the morning past more information became available as to the number of assailants...... and that it was a home invasion. Thank you. .

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Susan_in_Ecuador Serial expat

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9 years ago

Moderated by Priscilla 9 years ago
Reason : inappropriate + no accusations please

Nards Barley ViP

1633POSTS

9 years ago

If he is pimping his website,聽 the moderator can delete the link ot it. However, the story is in the Ecuadorian media.

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Fred Indonesia Expert

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9 years ago

Nards Barley wrote:
If he is pimping his website,聽 the moderator can delete the link ot it. However, the story is in the Ecuadorian media.

If the death was unreported and not in the public domain, this thread might have been deleted for the reasons mentioned in the complaints a couple of posts up.
However, it is public knowledge and posted on several sites so the name, if googled, throws up a lot of reports to this tragic event.
I won't be removing the thread as it is expat related and there are no privacy issues to consider. Someone else may take a different view.

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Nards Barley ViP

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9 years ago

Fred wrote:
If the death was unreported and not in the public domain, this thread might have been deleted for the reasons mentioned in the complaints a couple of posts up.

Exactly why I "interecepted" the thread the moment it came into my inbox with my comment.

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vsimple ViP

1224POSTS

9 years ago

A tragedy but crime exists everywhere unfortunately.

Alec Inglis Active member

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9 years ago

A tragedy.

Context is always necessary.聽 This fate is more likely to occur in the USA than Ecuador...and especially rare in the province of Azuay. If anything, that makes the event more tragic.