Football team president gunned down in Ecuador
January 17th, 2011 - 8:56 am ICT by IANSQuito, Jan 17 (IANS/EFE) The president of Ecuador’s Delfin Sporting Club football team was gunned down in the coastal city of Manta, according to a media report.Honorio Cevallos was speaking with his team coach Juan Carlos Bedolla at a restaurant during the weekend when a man shot him several times.
Reports said two men were involved in the killing who later fled in an automobile.
Cevallos was taken to a clinic, where he died while being treated by doctors.
Two women were also with him. One of them - identified as Gina Saldarriaga - was shot three times and was hospitalised, but the severity of her wounds has not been known, the El Comercio newspaper reported.
Delfin Sporting Club will be competing for the provincial championship over the next few months in an effort to join Division B of the Ecuadorian soccer league.
–IANS/EFE
pm
- Mana rocks Ecuador concert - Feb 26, 2012
- Four die in Ecuador gold mine blast - Feb 24, 2012
- Ecuador to deliver $538 mn worth of oil to China - Dec 10, 2011
- WikiLeaks: Ecuador expels US ambassador - Apr 06, 2011
- 4,000 year-old temples found in Peru - Sep 19, 2010
- Ancient altar for human sacrifices found in Peru - Apr 04, 2012
- US gives military gear worth $1.2 mn to Ecuador - May 11, 2010
- Ecuador begins destroying WW II bombs - Jan 18, 2012
- Puerto Rican boxer shot dead - Jun 09, 2011
- Venezuela nabs three for Mexican envoy's abduction - Feb 07, 2012
- 30 die in Ecuador bus accident - Dec 25, 2010
- Column of ash shoots from erupting Ecuador volcano - Nov 24, 2010
- Al-K-Traz members hurt in accident - Apr 03, 2012
- Former president Kirchner's death stuns Argentina - Oct 28, 2010
- Ecuador toxic alcohol toll climbs to 50 - Sep 03, 2011
Tags: club football, coastal city, delfin, ecuador quito, ecuadorian soccer, el comercio newspaper, football team, juan carlos, manta, president of ecuador, provincial championship, several times, severity, soccer league, sporting club, team coach, team president, three times, two men, two women