Pope Meets President of Ecuador Six Months Later His Political Rival Is Assassinated
BREAKING: Videos are emerging from the event where Ecuador Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has just been assassinated
— Eric Spracklen🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) August 10, 2023
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption was shot and killed Wednesday at a political rally in the capital amid a wave of startling violence in the South American country President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio and suggested organized crime was behind his slaying. Villavicencio was one of eight candidates in the Aug. 20 presidential vote, though not the frontrunner. The politician, 59, was the candidate for the Build Ecuador Movement. “I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished,” Lasso said in a statement. “Organized crime has gone too far, but they will feel the full weight of the law.” Source
Conservative Presidential Candidate Villavicencio from Ecuador was killed today in a political rally. He was the leading candidate. Was this a message from the deep state? pic.twitter.com/KWEwgSPrXi
— TMK (@TheMagaKing) August 10, 2023
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