Posted on 10/09/2023 9:46:46 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
02:53 - Source: CNN Quito, Ecuador CNN — Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a former vice president demanded action over spiraling levels of violence in the South American country.
Villavicencio, an anti-corruption campaigner and lawmaker who was outspoken about the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country, was shot dead at a campaign rally in the capital Quito on Wednesday.
The killing of the 59-year-old came 10 days before the first round of the presidential election was set to take place. Villavicencio’s campaign had promised a crackdown on crime and corruption amid a deadly escalation of violence that has gripped Ecuador in recent years.
The suspected shooter died in police custody following an exchange of fire with security personnel, Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday.
Six others were arrested in connection with the killing. Ecuador’s Interior Minister Juan Zapata said in a news conference Thursday that the suspects are members of organized criminal groups, citing preliminary evidence.
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Send them over our border. The lefts new civilian police force, candidate quality control division.
Amazing, it only took 4 liberals to write this article
Maybe it was kinetic action? A color revolution? An attempt at regime change? Activist journalism. Level of violence, because lower levels are what? Yeah, Democrat verbiage!
Ana Canizares, Sahar Akbarzai, Anna Gorzowska and Helen Regan are needed to write, because one is just to little.
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