Horrifying moment international footballer is gunned down at point blank range

This is the horror moment Ecuador international footballer Mario Pineida is shot dead alongside his companion at a butcher's where he went to buy meat for a Christmas meal. The 33-year-old, who played for his country nine times between 2014 and 2021, could be seen putting his hands up in the air before one of the two assassins started firing at him from close range. The other, who had a motorcycle helmet on to cover his face, targeted the woman with Pineida who was initially thought to be his wife Ana Aguilar before it emerged the victim was 39-year-old Peruvian Guisella Fernandez. She has been described locally as his new partner.