Overview
- Prosecutors said two men identified as Cristian P.G. and Jimnery P.B. appeared before a judge on Friday, who ordered their preventive detention in the Pineida case.
- Police say security footage shows two gunmen shooting Pineida and his partner outside a butcher shop in the Samanes area on Wednesday, with Pineida’s mother wounded in the attack.
- Authorities used city CCTV to track the motorbikes involved, leading to raids and arrests as forensic and ballistic analysis continues.
- Pineida’s death is the fifth killing of a footballer in Ecuador this year, with the country on track for more than 9,000 homicides in 2025, according to the Ecuadorian Observatory of Organized Crime.
- Family members corrected early reports that misidentified the female victim, with local outlets naming her as Guisella Fernandez, as clubs in Ecuador and abroad issued tributes.