QUITO – Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman whilst at a political rally in the country’s money of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso mentioned.
The killing comes amid a startling wave of violence in the South American nation, with drug trafficking and violent killings on the rise.
“I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished,” Lasso explained in a assertion. “Organized crime has long gone much too significantly, but they will come to feel the whole pounds of the regulation.”
The politician, 59, was the applicant for the Develop Ecuador Motion. He was one particular of the most essential voices against corruption, specifically for the duration of the govt of former President Rafael Correa from 2007 to 2017. He submitted lots of judicial complaints towards substantial ranking members of the Correa authorities.
He was married and is survived by five youngsters.
Early accounts demonstrate that several many others were injured from shrapnel, nevertheless authorities did not affirm how numerous.
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