{"id":39397,"date":"2025-07-22T06:03:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-9-people-shot-dead-while-playing-pool-at-bar-in-ecuador-tourist-city-there-may-be-more-victims\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T06:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:03:03","slug":"at-least-9-people-shot-dead-while-playing-pool-at-bar-in-ecuador-tourist-city-there-may-be-more-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/at-least-9-people-shot-dead-while-playing-pool-at-bar-in-ecuador-tourist-city-there-may-be-more-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 9 people shot dead while playing pool at bar in Ecuador tourist city: &#8220;There may be more victims&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country&#8217;s prosecutor&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Ecuadorian prosecutor&#8217;s office <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FiscaliaEcuador\/status\/1946764439203795206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on social media<\/a> that &#8220;armed individuals entered the establishment and shot at those present.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said they were looking at security camera footage and cell phone videos in an effort to identify suspects.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FiscaliaEcuador\/status\/1946763900050874506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">separate social media post<\/a>, the office posted an image of officers at the scene, saying bodies had been removed and ballistic evidence retrieved from the scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AHORA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#AHORA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Guayas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Guayas<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fiscal%C3%ADaEc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Fiscal\u00edaEc<\/a> inicia \u2013de oficio\u2013 una investigaci\u00f3n previa por el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Asesinato?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Asesinato<\/a> de 9 personas en un billar del barrio Santa Isabel, en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Playas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Playas<\/a>. Se llev\u00f3 a cabo el levantamiento de cad\u00e1veres e indicios bal\u00edsticos en el lugar de los hechos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqEmaSpWBy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/YqEmaSpWBy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fiscal\u00eda Ecuador (@FiscaliaEcuador) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiscaliaEcuador\/status\/1946763900050874506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Viral images on social media showed at least nine bloodied bodies lying on the floor around several pool tables.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports said the attackers were armed with automatic rifles.<\/p>\n<p>At the bar where the massacre occurred, relatives held two coffins Saturday night. Bullet holes were visible on the pool tables, according to images captured by an AFP reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Police Colonel Jhanon Varela told media that two people were injured in the attack and treated at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have only been able to identify one body at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, when the police arrive, many of those affected by this event are removed from the scene by residents and family members,&#8221; Varela said. &#8220;It is presumed that there may be more victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guayas Prefect Marcela Aguinaga said one of the victims was a coach at a provincial soccer school.<\/p>\n<p>Aguinaga <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcelaguinaga\/status\/1946715843490156927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on social media<\/a>: &#8220;Violence &#8230; seeks to bring us to our knees, silence us, and accustom us to horror. But we will not stay silent. Nor will we surrender.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Wave of violence in Ecuador<\/h2>\n<p>The shooting comes as Ecuador experiences its most violent start to a year in recent history, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>In the first five months of 2025, Ecuador recorded 4,051 homicides, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<p>Drug trafficking organizations have been multiplying in Ecuador, where the homicide rate rose from six per 100,000 residents in 2018 to 38 per 100,000 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Following the recapture in June of the country&#8217;s biggest drug lord, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jose-adolfo-macias-fito-recaptured-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adolfo Macias<\/a><\/span>, alias Fito, after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024, criminal gang violence continues unabated.<\/p>\n<p>The Ecuadoran government on Sunday <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-lord-fito-extradited-us-from-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extradited Macias<\/a><\/span> to the United States, and he <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-lord-fito-extradited-us-from-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">pleaded not guilty<\/a><\/span> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edny\/pr\/jose-adolfo-fito-macias-villamar-leader-los-choneros-transnational-criminal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">seven-count indictment<\/a>\u00a0unsealed in Brooklyn charges Mac\u00edas and an unidentified co-defendant with international cocaine distribution, conspiracy and weapons counts, including smuggling firearms from the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>This week, in the western province of Manabi, the stronghold of Fito and his gang Los Choneros, at least 20 people were killed in deadly violence in several cities, including Manta, where Fito was recaptured.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the U.S. classified Los Choneros as one of the most violent gangs and affirmed its connection to powerful\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-mayor-arrested-drug-cartel-training-camp-jalisco-new-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mexican drug cartels<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who threaten Ecuador and the surrounding region.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday afternoon, Interior Minister John Reimberg announced increased security in Manta, one of Ecuador&#8217;s main fishing ports, with 2,500 police officers &#8220;deployed at strategic points.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once considered a bastion of peace in Latin America, Ecuador has been plunged into crisis after years of expansion by transnational cartels that use its ports to ship drugs to the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a leader of one of Ecuador&#8217;s biggest crime syndicates, Los Lobos, was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-arrests-los-lobos-leader-targeted-by-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested at his home<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the coastal city of Portoviejo. Carlos D, widely known by his alias El Chino, was the second-in-command of Los Lobos and &#8220;considered a high-value target,&#8221; the armed forces said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-sanctions-powerful-ecuador-crime-gang-los-lobos-leader-pipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. last year declared Los Lobos<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to be the largest drug trafficking organization in Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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