Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate's killing
Authorities moved the leader of one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison Saturday, three days after the assassination of a presidential candidate who had denounced threats from the feared criminal.
Citizens in Ecuador are heading to the polls just over a week after a candidate was shot and killed. The critical election is happening as the country is facing an uptick in crime and gang violence.
Six Colombians were arrested in Ecuador late yesterday in connection with the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio a day earlier. Villavicencio, a well-known anti-corruption..
Fernando Villavicencio, , Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate, , Assassinated.
Villavicencio was shot and killed at a campaign rally in Quito, Ecuador, on Aug. 9, NPR reports. .
His murder was..
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