MIAMI.- The model Landy Prraga, former candidate for Miss Ecuador 2022 beauty pageantwas murdered in the city of Quevedo, province of Los Ros, when she was allegedly with her partner, surgeon Jos Luis Betancourt, in a restaurant.
The event occurred on Sunday, April 28, according to local media.
A film from the facility’s security camera went viral on social media, showing the moment in which two men entered the food establishment and opened fire on the 23-year-old girl and her friend. boyfriend.
Both tried to protect themselves by throwing themselves to the ground, but one of the hitmen fired again at Betancourt and later attacked with several shots towards the influencer, taking his life. The tape shows how a second man enters the restaurant and shoots Prraga one last time.
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“It proceeded with the removal of the body of citizen Landy P. in a commercial premises in Quevedo, where she was the victim of an armed attack. In addition, it ordered the first steps to determine responsibilities,” reads the text shared by the institution.
Alleged link with criminal network
In December, Landy Prraga had been linked to an investigation by the Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office into the Metastasis case, which was responsible for finding the leaders and members of an organized crime organization in the Latin American country, according to reports. CNN Espaol.
In the text messages that were released by the institution, Leando Norero, a drug trafficker who was murdered, told his administrator Helive Angulo of his concern because the beauty queen was being investigated for money laundering.
The man also insisted that he did not want the model to be linked to him. And the Prosecutor’s Office later pointed out that it is presumed that Noreno paid so that the young woman would not be reflected in the investigation.
Helive Angulo, who was indicted in March, reiterated that issue from his anticipated testimony at a hearing.
Landy Prraga never addressed the presumptions against him nor did he speak out publicly to deny or give context to why his name was in the messages. However, she was not prosecuted by the authorities either.
