The coun­try’s mur­der count has in­creased fol­low­ing two sep­a­rate killings in Cunu­pia and Barataria yes­ter­day.

In the most re­cent in­ci­dent, Ke­ston Guer­ra was killed as he sat in his car at the cor­ner of Sec­ond Street and Third Av­enue, Barataria, around 8 am yes­ter­day.

Po­lice said Guer­ra, 33, of Sev­enth Av­enue, Mal­ick, Barataria, was am­bushed by armed men as he drove his car. He had been wait­ing to pro­ceed through the in­ter­sec­tion when the gun­men, who had been fol­low­ing him, pulled along­side his ve­hi­cle.