VIDEO SHOWS: BODY ON FLOOR AT SHOP WHERE ATTACK TOOK PLACE / SOUNDBITES FROM COLONEL / SCREENSHOT OF STATEMENT FROM BARCELONA CLUB / WORKERS CLEANING PLACE WHERE ATTACK OCCURRED SHOWS: GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR (DECEMBER 17, 2025) (TC TELEVISION – No use Ecuador / Must on-screen courtesy TC Television / No archive / No resale) 1. BODY OF SOCCER PLAYER MARIO PINEIDA ON FLOOR 2. VARIOUS OF POLICE AT CORDONED-OFF AREA 3. SMASHED GLASS ON COUNTER DISPLAY INSIDE BUTCHER SHOP WHERE ATTACK TOOK PLACE 4. PEOPLE LEAVING SITE 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHIEF OF MODELO DISTRICT, COLONEL EDISON PALACIOS, SAYING: "After verifying the documents they had, and also with relatives, it would be Barcelona player Mario Pineida. Investigative units are carrying out the collection of information, as well as all investigative procedures." INTERNET (DECEMBER 17, 2025) (SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE – Access all) (MUTE) 6. VARIOUS SCREENSHOTS OF STATEMENT FROM BARCELONA S.C. POSTED ON ITS X ACCOUNT GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR (DECEMBER 17, 2025) (TC TELEVISION – No use Ecuador / Must on-screen courtesy TC Television / No archive / No resale) (NIGHT SHOTS) 7. VARIOUS OF OFFICERS, PEOPLE AT CORDONED-OFF AREA 8. FORENSIC MEDICINE TRUCK LEAVING SITE 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHIEF OF MODELO DISTRICT, COLONEL EDISON PALACIOS, SAYING: "They had arrived in this vehicle to do some shopping at this butcher shop. Two motorcycles approach, and two individuals proceeded to attack these two people." GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR (DECEMBER 17, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS) 10. VARIOUS OF WORKERS CLEANING OUTSIDE SHOP WHERE ATTACK OCCURRED STORY: Ecuador international Mario Pineida died on Wednesday (December 17) after being attacked in the city of Guayaquil, his Ecuadorean team Barcelona Sporting Club said in a statement. Local media reported taht the player, who was 33 years old, died in a gun attack outside a shop in the north of Guayaquil. "Barcelona Sporting Club, informs, with deep regret, that it has been officially notified of the death of our player Mario Pineida, a fact that occurred after an attack against him," the club said on social media. "This unfortunate news makes all of us who are part of the institution deeply dismayed…," it added. Ecuadorean police said they were investigating the incident and did not give details of the attack. Pineida, who also had a spell playing at Fluminense in Brazil, made nine appearances for Ecuador between 2015 and 2021. (Production: Vicente Gaibor, Herbert Villarraga, Anna Portella)
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