US EditionNine Shot Dead at Pool Bar in Ecuador Tourist City
GENERAL VILLAMIL PLAYAS, GUAYAS PROVINCE, ECUADOR, JUL 20 – The attack is linked to escalating gang violence after the extradition of top drug lord Adolfo Macias, with Ecuador recording over 4,000 homicides in early 2025, officials said.
- A group of armed men opened fire at a bar in General Villamil Playas, killing at least nine people, Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office said.
- Experts note this year’s most violent start in recent history, as Ecuador's violence escalates with the homicide rate rising from 6 to 38 per 100,000, attribution from experts.
- Viral images circulated on social media showed at least nine bloodied bodies lying on the floor around several pool tables, bullet holes visible on the tables, and two people injured and treated at a local hospital, according to Fiscalía Ecuador on X.
- Interior Minister John Reimberg announced 2,500 police officers deployed in Manta, saying `Violence...seeks to bring us to our knees, silence us, and accustom us to horror,' while Guayas Prefect Marcela Aguinaga highlighted one victim was a football coach.
- With Macias sent to the United States, Ecuador's security crisis deepens amid at least 20 homicides in Manabi this week.
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At least 9 people shot dead while playing pool at bar in Ecuador tourist city: "There may be more victims"
At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country’s prosecutor’s office said.A group of armed men opened fire on several people at a bar in a working-class neighborhood of General Villamil Playas, a coastal city in the southern Guayas province and destination for local tourists.The Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office said on social media that “armed individuals entered the establish…
The hitmen shot 80 times at all present in a place in General Villamil
In the midst of a wave of crimes that does not stop, at least nine people were shot dead this Saturday while playing billiards in a bar of General Villamil Playas, a tourist city in the coastal province of Guayas, 90 kilometers from Guayaquil (southeastern Ecuador). The Prosecutor’s Office reported that “armed subjects entered the premises and shot at those present,” and began an investigation to clarify the case. Images disseminated through soc…
The massacre took place in the city of Guayas, which is a well-known tourist destination in Ecuador.
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