2023-08-10 02:27:37
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated this Wednesday during a shootout while he was carrying out a campaign event in a central sector of Quito, relatives of the candidate reported.
Carlos Figueroa, a personal friend of Villavicencio, assured in a video broadcast on social networks that the candidate died after being shot, despite the fact that he had been transferred to the Women’s Clinic, a medical center near the site of the shooting.
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The crime shocked Ecuador, 10 days before the presidential elections on Sunday, August 20.
Villavicencio was a well-known Ecuadorian journalist and assemblyman.
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