Nine people killed in a billiard room

At least nine people were shot on Saturday while they were playing billiards in a bar in the seaside resort of General Villamil Playas. Therefore, in the southwest of Ecuador, the prosecution announced.

“Armed individuals have entered the premises. Furthermore, shot the people present,” said the prosecution on the social network X, announcing the opening of an investigation to clarify the facts.

Images published on social networks have shown several bloody corpses on the ground, between the pool tables of the establishment.

An AFP journalist on the spot saw two coffins being watched inside the bar by relatives of the deceased. For example, and several ball impacts on the billiards. The sector police station was kept by members of the special forces, according to this journalist.

The attack also injured two, said police colonel Jhanon Varela, who has not excluded the possibility of a heavier assessment. “Unfortunately. when the police arrive, many people affected by the event have already been removed by residents or members of their families,” he said. “There could be more victims.”

Located 90 km from the big port city of Guayaquil. General Villamil Playas is a tourist town very frequented by the Equatorians.

A total of 4051 homicides were identified in Ecuador in nine people killed billiard room the first five months of 2025. the deadliest year in the country’s recent history, formerly considered a haven of peace in South America.

The country has become the scene of a bloody war between bands of drug traffickers who benefit from its strategic ports. its dollarized economy and ambient corruption. According to official sources. more than 73% of cocaine worldwide now transits by Ecuador, located between the two main producing countries such as Colombia and Peru.