Security camera captures failed kidnapping outside Ecuador business

QUINSALOMA, Ecuador — A security camera recorded the attempted kidnapping of a local businessman on Sunday morning, September 28, while he was loading merchandise outside.

The footage shows several men pulling up in a double-cab pickup truck before jumping out and trying to force the victim into their vehicle. The businessman resisted, struggling against the attackers as they tried to overpower him.

The abduction attempt was stopped after another individual, whose identity has not been revealed, fired multiple gunshots into the air. Startled, the suspects fled the scene without taking the victim.

Police in Quinsaloma are investigating the incident but have not yet released further details about the suspects or the identity of the armed bystander.