{"id":61806,"date":"2025-12-18T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soccer-star-mario-pineida-shot-and-killed-in-ecuador-police-say\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:27:58","slug":"soccer-star-mario-pineida-shot-and-killed-in-ecuador-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/soccer-star-mario-pineida-shot-and-killed-in-ecuador-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer star Mario Pineida shot and killed in Ecuador, police say"},"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>Ecuadorian police said on Wednesday that Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old Barcelona de Guayaquil defender and former national team player, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence escalates in the Andean nation.<\/p>\n<p>Another person who police did not identify was also killed in the incident, and a third was wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador&#8217;s Interior Ministry confirmed Pineida&#8217;s death without providing details. Barcelona de Guayaquil said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSYZ0xhjh0r\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> its fans are saddened by Pineida&#8217;s death. &#8220;Rest in peace,&#8221; the team wrote in a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSY0vi8jLXh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media post<\/a> paying tribute to Pineida.<\/p>\n<p>Pineida played eight games for Ecuador but was not involved in the team qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. His last game for Ecuador was at the 2021 Copa Am\u00e9rica, as a late substitute in a group-stage game against Brazil. He also went to the 2017 edition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/4ade4e68-f056-4646-85f9-d9620160cf0d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5aed1b14bdea32762ea6b0d3ae4a4993\/gettyimages-2251816301.jpg#\" alt=\"FBL-ECU-CRIME-BARCELONA \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/4ade4e68-f056-4646-85f9-d9620160cf0d\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5aed1b14bdea32762ea6b0d3ae4a4993\/gettyimages-2251816301.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/4ade4e68-f056-4646-85f9-d9620160cf0d\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/1c9b764db5231fee5e38fc44ebb4e17b\/gettyimages-2251816301.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Military personnel guard the site where Barcelona SC footballer Mario Pineida was killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on December 17, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                MARCOS PIN \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pineida started his professional career at Independiente del Valle, where he played from 2010 to 2015. He then moved to the club of the coastal city of Guayaquil in 2016 and won two league titles there. The defender also had a brief spell at Brazil&#8217;s Fluminense in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuadorian media reported the incident took place in the region of Samanes in the north end of Guayaquil, which lies 165 miles southwest of the capital Quito.<\/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<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/065356fb-e2d3-44c8-a837-38033afb423c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/33e6a19d1b1c9c9798b72a36e8299a54\/gettyimages-1487587434.jpg#\" alt=\"Barcelona SC v Palmeiras - Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/065356fb-e2d3-44c8-a837-38033afb423c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/33e6a19d1b1c9c9798b72a36e8299a54\/gettyimages-1487587434.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/065356fb-e2d3-44c8-a837-38033afb423c\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/2f731d6ffbe634d805fb101cae124078\/gettyimages-1487587434.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mario Pineida of Barcelona SC looks on  during a  Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2023 Group C match between Barcelona SC and Palmeiras at Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo on May 03, 2023 in Guayaquil, Ecuador.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Franklin Jacome \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In November, a 16-year-old footballer of Independiente del Valle <a href=\"http:\/\/cbsnews.com\/news\/soccer-player-killed-stray-bullet-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">died from a stray bullet<\/a>, also in Guayaquil. Miguel Nazareno was at home &#8220;when he unfortunately became a victim of the insecurity affecting our country,&#8221; the soccer team\u00a0<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>In October, Ecuadoran soccer player Bryan &#8220;Cuco&#8221; Angulo was\u00a0<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>\u00a0while attending a training session.<\/p>\n<p>Two months earlier, Maicol Valencia and Leandro Y\u00e9pez, both players of Exapromo Costa, and Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez, of 22 de Junio died from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<h2>Escalating violence in Ecuador<\/h2>\n<p>Ecuador is expected to have its most violent year on record with more than 9,000 homicides, according to the Ecuadorian Observatory of Organized Crime. That figure was at 7,063 violent deaths last year and a then-record 8,248 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>President Daniel Noboa has pledged to fight criminal organizations that have expanded their operations in Ecuadorian territory in connection with international drug cartels.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, Ecuador has experienced growing criminal violence by gangs operating in coordination with Colombian and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-cartel-suspects-killed-shootout-police-sinaloa-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mexican cartels<\/a><\/span>\u00a0involved 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>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 Observatory of Organized Crime.<\/p>\n<p>In October, an Ecuadoran\u00a0<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>\u00a0while 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. In July, the Ecuadoran government\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-lord-fito-extradited-us-from-ecuador\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extradited Macias<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to the United States, where he faces multiple drug trafficking and firearms\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\">charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Agence  France-Presse<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\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<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 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