Overview
- A 22-year-old man was wounded by gunfire during a street fight in Loja and was taken to Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio in Granada for treatment.
- Police and emergency services responded at the scene and the Guardia Civil has taken charge of the investigation with no arrests reported so far.
- The incident occurred in a public street and involved groups that investigators say are rival cliques, according to local reporting.
- Local residents and officials have renewed calls for a larger police presence after a period of relative calm ended with renewed armed confrontations.
- Loja previously saw repeated clashes in 2023 and 2024 linked by reports to groups allegedly involved in cultivation and trafficking of drugs, a backdrop that frames the current inquiry.