Análisis descriptivo y comparativo del centro de investigación forense de Machala, El Oro, Ecuador.

Abstract

Introduction: Worldwide, the different countries have Institutions destined to carry out forensic exams, to assist the Administration of Justice. The Ecuadorian State within the National Service of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Ecuador, has 8 Research Centers in Forensic Sciences. In the province of El Oro is the Machala Forensic Science Research Center. Objective: To carry out the descriptive and comparative analysis of the Machala Forensic Research Center, by identifying the parts that comprise it and its structure, to determine its needs, in relation to other Forensic Research Centers of the Country and the World. Methodology: Bibliographic review of Forensic Centers and procedures that are carried out in different indexed journals, theses and government pages of Ecuador, from 2015 to 2019. Conclusion: The ABO Typification Sciences, Body Fluid Analysis, Spermatology, luminescence, parasitology, toxicology and autopsy tests, as well as other centers in Ecuador: Loja, Cuenca, Manta, are conducted at the Forensic Science Research Center in Machala. Nueva Loja, Ambato, Esmeraldas; and, of the world: Centers of: Cádiz, Cataluña, Cantabria. The Forensic Center of Machala does not have a Forensic Dentistry Laboratory, DNA Laboratory and Entomology Laboratory, such as the centers of: Quito Portugal, Costa Rica and Shiraz, Iran.