US EditionEcuador international Pineida dies in attack, says club
Mario Pineida, 33, was killed in a targeted attack amid rising gang violence in Guayaquil, where 1,900 murders were recorded in the first nine months of the 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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Ecuadorian police arrest 2 suspects in the armed attack that killed soccer player Pineida
QUITO (AP) — Ecuadorian police have arrested two suspects in the killing of soccer player Mario Pineida, who was shot in an attack this week that also killed his partner and wounded his mother, underscoring the rising violence in the Andean nation. The 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender and former national soccer team player was shot and killed on Wednesday. Latin American soccer clubs and fans have since mourned his death. Ecuador’s pr…
The two gunmen opened fire on Mario Pineda and his wife, while the footballer's mother was also injured by their gunfire.
In broad daylight, two armed motorcyclists shot and killed national soccer player Mario Pineida and his girlfriend in the streets of Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil. The athlete's mother was also shot in the head, but fortunately only superficially, so she has already been released from the hospital. According to the police, it was not a street robbery, but a targeted liquidation. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barcelona SC (@bar…
By Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español. The death of another soccer player has shocked Ecuador amid a serious crisis of violence and escalating organized crime in the South American country. Mario Pineida, 33, a player for Barcelona Sporting Club, the team with the largest fan base in the country, died after being shot Wednesday afternoon in the Samanes 4 area, north of Guayaquil, while he was at a butcher shop. Security camera footage shows two…
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