{"id":54898,"date":"2025-11-06T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soccer-player-16-killed-by-stray-bullet-in-ecuador-4th-player-killed-by-gunfire-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:05:11","slug":"soccer-player-16-killed-by-stray-bullet-in-ecuador-4th-player-killed-by-gunfire-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soccer-player-16-killed-by-stray-bullet-in-ecuador-4th-player-killed-by-gunfire-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer player, 16, killed by stray bullet in Ecuador, 4th player killed by gunfire this year"},"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>A 16-year-old soccer player from the youth academy of Independiente del Valle was fatally shot when he was struck by a stray bullet at home in the port city of Guayaquil, police in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/ecuador\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ecuador<\/a> said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Miguel Nazareno was at home &#8220;when he unfortunately became a victim of the insecurity affecting our country,&#8221; the soccer team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQrWodCkcn2\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in an Instagram post<\/a>, citing a wave of criminal violence began in Ecuador almost five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We extend our most sincere condolences and all our support to his family, friends, and teammates during this difficult time,&#8221; the team&#8217;s post added.<\/p>\n<p>Nazareno, who played as a midfielder and forward, was the victim of a stray bullet, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Nazareno became at least the fourth soccer player killed by gunfire in Ecuador this year. <\/p>\n<p>In September, Maicol Valencia and Leandro Y\u00e9pez, both from Exapromo Costa, and Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez, from 22 de Junio, were killed. Both Exapromo Costa and 22 de Junio are second-division squads.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Ecuadoran soccer player Bryan &#8220;Cuco&#8221; Angulo was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-killed-walking-kids-school-soccer-player-shot-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot in the foot<\/a><\/span> when attending a training session.<\/p>\n<p>Nazareno played for Independiente del Valle&#8217;s Under-18 team. Several Ecuadorian national team players who play for European clubs, such as Mois\u00e9s Caicedo (Chelsea) and Piero Hincapi\u00e9 (Bayer Leverkusen), came up through the ranks at Independiente del Valle.<\/p>\n<p>Playing soccer in Ecuador can be deadly, with match-fixing mafias part of a global criminal empire that earns gangs some $1.7 trillion per year, according to a recent United Nations estimate.<\/p>\n<h2>Surging violence in Ecuador<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-cartel-suspects-killed-shootout-police-sinaloa-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mexican cartels<\/a><\/span> involved in drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Strategically located between Colombia and Peru, two of the world&#8217;s largest cocaine producers, it has become a major transit hub for narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>President Daniel Noboa has deployed troops to combat the violence \u2014 to little effect.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of this year, homicides in Ecuador increased by 47% compared to the same period in 2024, according to the national Observatory of Organized Crime.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, an Ecuadoran <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-killed-walking-kids-school-soccer-player-shot-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">judge was killed<\/a><\/span> while walking his children to school. Provincial police chief Colonel Giovanni Naranjo told reporters the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-arrests-los-lobos-leader-targeted-by-us\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Los Lobos<\/a><\/span>\u00a0gang \u2014 designated a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rubio-us-designating-ecuador-gangs-foreign-terrorist-groups\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">foreign terrorist organization<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by the United States \u2014 was suspected of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Also in October, authorities in Ecuador reported two attacks that left\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ecuador-attacks-14-killed-victims-signs-of-torture\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">14 people dead<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and 17 wounded, with some of the victims showing signs of torture.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pool-hall-mass-shooting-ecuador-deaths-latest-massacre\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gang violence<\/a><\/span>\u00a0continues unabated following the recapture in June of the country&#8217;s biggest drug lord,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jose-adolfo-macias-fito-recaptured-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adolfo Mac\u00edas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after his escape from a maximum-security prison in 2024. 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