2023-08-10 05:24:41
The injured are part of those attending the rally that Villavicencio held in a coliseum. Photo: EFE
at least nine personas turned out wounds in the attack in which the candidate for the Presidency of Ecuador Fernando Villavicenciowhose alleged author died after a shootout with security personnel, according to the Attorney General of Ecuador.
The injured are part of the attendees at the rally that held Villavicencio in a coliseum in a busy and central area of Quitowhere at the exit an unknown person shot the candidate to occupy the presidential seat of Ecuador in the extraordinary general elections called for next Sunday, August 20.
Among the wounded is a candidate a assemblyman and two police officers, said the prosecutionwhich together with Police raises evidence at the crime scene and at the medical center to which the victims were transferred victims.
The deceased person as the alleged perpetrator of the attack was left badly wounded after exchanging shots with the security personnel present at the scene.
According to the prosecutionthe suspect was transferred first to a court of Quito after being apprehended and from there he was apparently referred to a medical center where an ambulance from the Firefighters certified his death.
The murder of Fernando Villavicencio has caused a huge shock in Ecuadorin the midst of an electoral campaign marked by the crisis of security the country lives, hit by the delinquency and the organized crimemostly linked to drug trafficking.
In a similar way were murdered also recently the mayor of Manta, Augustine Intriagoand a candidate for assembly from the northern province of emeralds.
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