A presidential candidate in Ecuador who had been outspoken about the link between organized crime and government officials was assassinated Wednesday evening at a political rally in the capital, just days before voting begins in an election that has been dominated by concerns over drug-related violence.
The candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, a former journalist, was gunned down outside a high school in Quito after speaking to young supporters. A suspect was killed in the melee that followed, and nine other people were shot, officials said. » | José María León Cabrera, Julie Turkewitz and Genevieve Glatsky, Reporting from Quito, Ecuador, and Bogotá, Colombia | Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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