CCTV footage shows two gunmen bursting into the eatery in Quevedo, Ecuador, on Sunday April 28, as Landy Párraga Goyburo and another man stood at a table

One masked attacker immediately started shooting at former model and onetime Miss Ecuador pageant Párraga Goyburo, who was in discussion with a the man, before firing another round of bullets into her as she lay on the floor

Aged 23, Párraga Goyburo who had a million followers on social media was the owner of a households goods importation business, who she also ran her own sportswear line

Money transfers made to Párraga Goyburo‘s bank account are under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office, but the office never prosecuted Párraga and she had never publicly commented on the case

Párraga Goyburo was one of the 52 people being prosecuted in the case of gangland accountant, Helive Angulo, aka ‘Estimado’

In a secret chat Estimado’ told his client, jailed drug trafficker Leandro Norero, that cops had inquired about Landy Párraga Goyburo – Norero was killed six months into his incarceration

Norero in response cryptically wrote: ‘If my wife comes across anything about her, I’m screwed. ‘My friend, her name cannot come out anywhere. Otherwise, my world will come crashing down’

Killed for what she knew: Former beauty pageant Landy Párraga Goyburo, [photo], was assassinated while dining at an eatery in Quevedo, Ecuador, on Sunday. Investigators had linked her to drug gangs months earlier

This is the horrifying moment an Ecuadorian beauty queen was gunned down by assassins in a restaurant just months after being ‘discussed by drug traffickers in a secret chat’. 
Shocking CCTV footage shows two gunmen bursting into the eatery in Quevedo, Ecuador, on Sunday, as Landy Párraga Goyburo, 23, and another man stood at a table.
As the pair stand casually chatting, the woman can be seen glancing towards the door window as her assailant sneaks into to restaurant without her noticing.
The former Miss Ecuador contestant then turns to face the man she had been speaking to before the gunmen begin charging towards them with their weapons in hand.
The first masked attacker quickly opens fire, shooting towards both Párraga and the man with whom she was engaged in a discussion. The man ducks. The assassin then focuses on the fallen woman. Standing over the victim as she lay on the floor, the masked man shoots her repeatedly, at point blank range.

CCTV footage captured Párraga, [backing camera], was seen chatting to a man in an eatery moments before the assassination ream entered the restaurant

Masked assailants clad in black [right], storm into the restaurant and opened fire on Párraga Goyburo [left], and the man she was chatting with before fleeing, leaving the former beauty pageant dead on the ground in a pool of blood

When the killers were done Landy Párraga Goyburo’s body is seen lying on the floor of the he eatery in Quevedo, Ecuador, on Sunday April 28,

Landy Párraga Goyburo, [photo], a former Miss Ecuador contestant, who represented Los Ríos Province in 2022, was assassinated a few months after she was cryptically discussed by a drug trafficker before his murder in prison

The second attacker stays on guard by the restaurant door.
Both armed assailants then flee the scene, dashing out of the door and onto the street after carrying out their murder in broad daylight.
The former model can be seen lying motionless on the floor in a pool of her own blood, with a bullet mark visible on her right thigh.

The police are currently investigating the incident, working to discover the motive and identify the assailants responsible.
Párraga was a former model and Miss Ecuador contestant, having represented Los Ríos Province in 2022.
She had more than a million followers across her social media accounts.
At just 23-years-old, Párraga reportedly was the owner of a households goods importation business. She also ran her own sportswear line.

At the age of 23, Landy Párraga [photo], was the owner of a households goods importer. She also ran her own sportswear line, according to El Comercio

A serial social media poster, Landy Párraga Goyburo, frequently shared the luxurious life she led, between trips around the world and meals in luxurious places

Landy Párraga Goyburo was an avid social media poster with over a million followers. Between trips around the world and meals in luxurious places, she would frequently share images of her luxurious life style.
According to Ecuadorian authorities however, there was a darker truth behind the glamorous lifestyle she portrayed on social media. 
In December 2023, her name cropped up in a chat made public by the Attorney General’s Office as part of a major organized crime case under investigation.

In a chat, Helive Angulo, aka ‘Estimado’, told jailed drug trafficker Leandro Norero, [photo], whose assets he managed, that the police had asked him about Landy Párraga Goyburo. She was one of the 52 people being prosecuted in the case

Landy Párraga was one of the 52 people being prosecuted in the case of Helive Angulo, aka ‘Estimado’, accountant to drug traffickers.
In the chat with his jailed client, the drug trafficker Leandro Norero, whose assets he managed, Angulo told Norero that police had asked him about Párraga.
Norero cryptically wrote: ‘If my wife comes across anything about her, I’m screwed.
‘My friend, her name cannot come out anywhere. Otherwise, my world will come crashing down.’

In December 2023, Párraga Goyburo‘s  name was mentioned in a chat made public by the Attorney General’s Office as part of a major organized crime case it is investigating. She was one of the 52 people being prosecuted in the case is Helive Angulo, nicknamed ‘Estimado’

Norero subsequently was killed in prison in 2022, six months after his incarceration.
Money transfers made to Párraga’s bank account are under investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.
The office never prosecuted Párraga and she had never publicly commented on the case.
Dubbed the Metastasis Case, the investigation which centered on Norero’s reach inside officialdom. Prosecutors allege, snared officials from Ecuador’s judiciary, legislature, and security forces receiving bribes through Norero via his lawyers and other intermediaries in exchange for helping him maintain his criminal empire while behind bars.
There have been allegations of corrupt judges allegedly delayed money laundering cases against Norero’s siblings after accepting bribes. In other instances, Law enforcement and prosecutors on the drug trafficker’s payroll passed him information about crackdowns both inside and outside prison.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, Norero also had links as high as the former president of the Judicial Council, who “planned to buy the decisions of the national magistrates” to achieve a favorable decision in a money laundering case against his brother”.