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QUITO, ECUADOR (AP) – Ecuadorian police said Wednesday that Barcelona de Guayaquil defender Mario Pineida, 33, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence escalates in the Andean country. <\/p>\n
Another person, whose identity has not been released by police, was also killed and a third person was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n
Ecuador’s Interior Ministry confirmed Pineida’s death without providing further details. Barcelona de Guayaquil said in a statement that their fans were saddened by Pineida’s death.<\/p>\n
Pineida began his professional career with Independiente del Valle, where he played from 2010 to 2015. He then moved to a club in the coastal city of Guayaquil in 2016, where he won two league titles. The defender also had a short spell with Brazilian side Fluminense in 2022. <\/p>\n
Ecuadorian media reported that the incident occurred in the Samanes region of Guayaquil’s north, 265 kilometers (165 miles) southwest of the capital Quito.<\/p>\n
Ecuador is most violent year<\/span> According to Ecuador’s Organized Crime Monitoring Service, more than 9,000 murders have been recorded. The figure stands at 7,063 deaths from violence last year, and 8,248 in 2023, a then-record number.<\/p>\nPresident Daniel Novoa has pledged to fight against criminal organizations linked to international drug cartels that are expanding their activities within Ecuador’s territory.<\/p>\n
Also in Guayaquil in November, a 16-year-old soccer player for Independiente del Valle was killed by a stray bullet. Two months earlier, Exapromo Costa’s Maicol Valencia and Leandro Yepes, and 22 de Junio’s Jonathan Gonz\u00e1lez were killed by gunfire.<\/p>\n
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