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Ecuador international Pineida dies in attack, says club
Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old defender for Barcelona Sporting Club and Ecuador national team member, was killed in a shooting amid rising gang violence with over 9,000 homicides expected this year.
- In Guayaquil on Wednesday, Mario Pineida, 33, was shot dead in the Sauces 6 neighborhood, according to Col. Palacios.
- Guayaquil has become a hotspot for gang violence tied to drug trafficking, and Ecuador is expected to have more than 9,000 homicides in recent months, according to the Ecuadorian Observatory of Organized Crime.
- Two suspects riding motorcycles opened fire inside a butcher shop, killing an unidentified second victim and wounding Pineida's mother, who was treated at the scene.
- Ecuador's Interior Ministry confirmed Pineida's death, assigned a special police unit, and local police investigators are probing the case with no arrests reported, while Barcelona Sporting Club mourns deeply.
- Other footballers have been targeted in recent months, showing a troubling pattern, including Ecuador international Mario Pineida, who played in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and had spells with Fluminense and Barcelona SC.
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Ecuadorean international footballer Mario Pineida was shot to death this Wednesday in Guayaquil, the port city of the South American country, according to his current team, the Barcelona Sporting Club.In a post in his official social network account 'X' (formerly Twitter), Barcelona SC writes that "it regrets to report, with deep pain, that it has been officially notified of the death of our player Mario Pineida , a fact that occurred following …
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So far this year they have already murdered five footballers in Ecuadorian territory. Organized crime stains the soccer fields of Ecuador
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