Overview
- Security footage shows two assailants striking outside a butcher shop in Samanes, north Guayaquil, where Pineida, 33, and an accompanying woman were shot dead.
- The woman has been identified in reports as Gisela (Gisselle) Fernández Ramírez, a Peruvian national, while Pineida’s mother was wounded and is in stable condition.
- Guayaquil’s SEGURA EP said video surveillance helped trace the motorcycles and locate a suspect during joint operations; police and prosecutors have not announced charges or a motive.
- Authorities are treating the case as a sicario-style execution directed at Pineida, and investigative units continue raids and evidence collection.
- Barcelona SC, the Ecuadorian federation and several clubs issued condolences and suspended activities, underscoring concerns over escalating organized-crime violence affecting sport in Ecuador.