Reporter in Ecuador Held Up by Armed Robber – Video

Local authorities have already promised to find the perpetrator, according to a tweet posted by the reporter himself.

Diego Ordinola, a reporter for DirecTV Sports, was held up along with his film crew by a gun-toting criminal in broad daylight.

As Ordinola explained on Twitter, the incident occurred near the Estadio Monumental, a football stadium in Tarqui in northern Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The footage of the robbery shows the perpetrator shouting before grabbing a phone from someone out of shot and fleeing.

Ni siquiera podemos trabajar tranquilos, esto ocurrió a las 13:00 de hoy en las afueras del Estadio Monumental.
La @PoliciaEcuador se comprometió a dar con estos delincuentes. #Inseguridad pic.twitter.com/OE2KybP0Od

— Diego Ordinola (@Diegordinola) February 12, 2021

​The crew attempted to give chase after a pause, and managed to catch a glimpse of the culprit fleeing on the back of a motorbike.

Commenting on the situation on Twitter, Ordinola said that local cops have promised to hunt down those responsible.