"Renato Ortuno didn't fully understand what it meant to be alive until he left the hospital. Weeks had passed since the attack. A bullet pierced his vertebra at the level of his neck, obliterating his body from the shoulders down, and leaving him with only one certainty: he would never walk again. He also couldn't move his arms. On June 23, 2023, he was trapped inside his own body. Last Friday, he underwent euthanasia, becoming the second person in Ecuadorian history to do so legally."
"Renato was on the verge of joining that list when some hitmen mistakenly began following him, believing he was someone else who looked similar and who was driving the same car. It was all a huge twist of fate. A chain of coincidences: the vehicle's model, the color, the license plate, the haircut all of these factors led to the fatal error."
"That morning, Renato left his home in Quito. Behind him, at the same time, someone in another car did the same. He was disturbed by the fact that the gray vehicle seemed to be following him. He watched it in the rearview mirror over the 14 miles he traveled to his office. He didn't think about death; he never thought about death. He was young, and back then it was just something that happened to other people."
Renato Ortuno survived an assassination attempt in which nine shots were fired; four bullets struck him, one passing through his neck and destroying his body from the shoulders down. The bullet pierced his vertebra at the neck level, leaving him unable to move his arms or walk and trapped inside his own body. The attack resulted from a case of mistaken identity linked to the car model, color, license plate, and haircut of another man. Ecuador recognized the right to assisted dying in February 2024. Last Friday Renato underwent euthanasia, becoming the country's second legal case.
Read at english.elpais.com
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