Former Miss Ecuador candidate is shot dead in restaurant

Former candidate for Miss Ecuador Landy Párraga, 23 years old, was shot dead inside a restaurant in Quevedo, in the southwest of the country, last Sunday, the 28th. The victim had been mentioned in drug traffickers’ conversations intercepted by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The information is from the news agency Associated Press.

The establishment’s security cameras recorded the moment the model and influencer was attacked by two armed men. In the images, it is possible to see her standing next to a table, when one of the suspects enters the place and runs towards her.

At one point, he shoots. Meanwhile, the second is at the door, guarding it. After the crime, both fled. The attack on the model would have been armed, according to the prosecution. There is still no information about prisoners involved in the model’s murder.

Landy was a contestant in Miss Ecuador in 2022, had more than a million followers on social media and her own sportswear brand. According to the New York Postshe made headlines again in December last year, when her name was mentioned in a conversation between drug trafficker Leandro Norero, murdered two years ago, and his accountant, Helive Angulo.

According to the agency, more than 50 people were prosecuted after a plan was discovered to hand over sums of money to judicial officials in exchange for decisions favorable to the drug trafficker and his family. In addition, there is the involvement of police officers, lawyers and prison guards.

Source: Redação Terra