<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Landy Baraja, Miss Ecuador 2022, was shot and died instantly, after a group of masked people attacked her while she was in a restaurant. It turned out that she had a relationship with a gang leader, who decided to eliminate her to hide any evidence linking him to her, as Baraja She has over a million followers on her social media accounts, as well as her own sportswear line, which has caused a stir on social media.</span></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">The murder of Miss Ecuador Landi</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1080/1008;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/01ab2c75-1418-48df-8d1a-86475257eb34.jpeg" width="1080" height="1008" alt="Assassination of Miss Ecuador"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">A huge uproar arose about Landy, Miss Ecuador for the year 2022, on social media platforms after a video clip was circulated documenting the crime.</span> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">The death of “Landy Baraja,” the former Miss Ecuador, sparked widespread controversy on social media platforms, after she was shot inside a restaurant in the city. Quevedo.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1080/925;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/15d3ab8e-e977-4576-aa7f-6af90244e1af.jpeg" width="1080" height="925" alt="Assassination of Miss Ecuador"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">Video clips that were widely circulated showed the moment the beauty queen, Landi Paraja Joyburu, 23, was killed, as she was talking to a man inside a restaurant in Quevedo.</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1040/1003;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/5302f35a-98aa-4978-aa31-a8f9d740bc3e.jpeg" width="1040" height="1003" alt="Assassination of Miss Ecuador"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">During the clip, two masked men infiltrated the door, then one of the gunmen rushed towards her and fired his gun, wounding Baraja and the man she was talking to, while the second gunman remained at the door to guard. After doing the deed, the two gunmen fled the scene, and Baraja was found. Lying in her blood after being shot inside the restaurant.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">According to a report published by the American newspaper "New York Post", Landy Baraja participated in the Miss Ecuador competition in 2022, and was representing Los Rios County.</span></p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://youtu.be/fDLJEeavbAI"></oembed></figure><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Paraga was charged in a money laundering case and her relationship with a gang leader</span> </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:995/1165;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/f82c84d6-3a56-4ddd-949b-8ab2fca4008a.jpeg" width="995" height="1165" alt="The murder of Miss Ecuador"></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">It is noteworthy that Baraja was charged in December 2023, in a money laundering case related to drug trafficking, and media reports indicated that she had a relationship with the leader of a drug gang.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">During the trial, prosecutors revealed that Norero had been pleading with her in a 2022 letter for help to keep his relationship with the beauty queen a secret. After police asked him about the relationship, Norero wrote: “If my wife finds out anything about it, I will end everything... my friend, Her name must not appear anywhere, otherwise my world will collapse.”</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">Baraja made headlines last December, when her name was mentioned in a conversation between murdered drug dealer Leandro Norero and accountant Helve Angulo.</span></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:hsl(180, 75%, 60%);">Who is Miss Ecuador Land Baraga?</span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">After the death of “Landy Paraja Guiporo,” Miss Ecuador 2022, here is some information about her:</span></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She died at the age of 23.</span></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She had her own sportswear line.</span></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She participated in the Miss Ecuador pageant representing Los Rios Province in 2022.</span></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She has more than a million followers on social media platforms.</span></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She was shot dead while she was in a restaurant, while she was in the company of a man.</span></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">She was killed at the instigation of a man with whom she was a friend, and he decided to get rid of her for fear of his wife.</span></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0d0d0d;">For his part, Landy's family and friends expressed their shock and great sadness at her death, and many women's and human rights organizations in Ecuador demanded that a comprehensive investigation be conducted into the killing of Land Baraga and that the perpetrators be brought to justice, so that the incident is not familiar and common among the people, provided that the investigation is conducted immediately before the perpetrators escape. And do not neglect the investigations until it is proven who was behind the accident.</span></p>