The web is in full disbelief after studying what a Black soccer participant did — or did not do — whereas his spouse and younger daughter have been being kidnapped. Round 3 a.m. on Wednesday (April 23), Ecuadorian participant Jackson Rodríguez’s spouse, Andrexy Karelis, and their 5-year-old baby have been kidnapped when males broke into their dwelling in Guayaquil. The suspects have been in search of Rodríguez and even requested about his whereabouts through the dwelling invasion.
Throughout all the ordeal, Rodríguez didn’t intervene after he heard males break down his entrance door. What did he do as a substitute? He hid…beneath a mattress. The 26-year-old even admitted it throughout his testimony. Whereas he was in hiding, he managed to peek out simply sufficient to see the assailants leaving “in a gray-colored double-cab pickup truck,” in keeping with police.
On Thursday, Ecuador police posted a video on X of the operation they carried out to search out Andrexy and the kid. Each victims have been discovered secure and unhurt.
Rodríguez’s membership, Emelec, confirmed in a press release the household’s identities and expressed how grateful they’re “for the efficient investigative and operational work of the nationwide police, which led to the discharge of his family members.”
A video on X additionally confirmed the trio reuniting after the terrifying ordeal.
However social media had a subject day after information of the total again refusing to guard his household went viral.
One Instagram person wrote on It’s Onsite put up: “I’d’ve mentioned, “HE’S UNDER THE BED!!!” We’re all getting kidnapped!” A second added: “Marrying a protector is simply as essential as marrying a supplier,” whereas a 3rd wrote how the spouse’s “subsequent cease higher be to a divorce lawyer.”
“With a husband like this, who wants enemies,” one other particular person added. The feedback slamming the skilled athlete continued: “I pray to by no means discover a man like this,” “The top of the home is beneath the mattress,” and “These the lads that need you to undergo them.”
The kidnapping occurred amid a state of emergency declared by the federal government in 9 areas of the nation. “The state of emergency was declared in response to a rise in violence, crimes, and presence of organized legal teams, and is meant to facilitate the work of the armed forces and nationwide police within the ongoing inside armed battle that was declared on January 9, 2024,” in keeping with the U.S. Embassy. “Curfews can even be in place day-after-day from 10:00 p.m. to five:00 a.m.”
Rodríguez’s household kidnapping is a part of a disturbing sample concentrating on soccer gamers in Ecuador. One other Ecuadorian soccer participant, Pedro Perlaza, was kidnapped in December. He was later rescued by police.