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1. insightcrime.org · news · convictions-ecuadorWho Was Behind the Murder of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador?

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   Jul 16, 2024 · Villavicencio, an investigative journalist-turned-presidential candidate, was gunned down in broad daylight at a campaign event in August 2023. Police subsequently killed the shooter, an 18-year-old Colombian from a poor neighborhood in the southwestern city of Cali, at the scene.

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   Why was Fernando Villavicencio assassinated?

   • The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio on Wednesday afternoon in Quito has highlighted the scope of the criminal network that has gripped Ecuador, causing the country’s worst security crisis in recent history. Behind the attack was a perfect storm of violence, drug trafficking and security failures.

   Four hitmen, drug cartels and security failures: The murder of Fernando

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   Who is Fernando Villavicencio?

   • HENRY ROMERO (REUTERS) The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio on Wednesday afternoon in Quito has highlighted the scope of the criminal network that has gripped Ecuador, causing the country’s worst security crisis in recent history.

   Four hitmen, drug cartels and security failures: The murder of Fernando

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   Was Villavicencio's death planned from a prison cell?

   • The Attorney General’s Office asked on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, to call to trial six suspects involved in the murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio in August of last year and argued that his death was planned from a maximum security prison cell by an organization linked to the criminal group Los Lobos. (API via AP File)

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   Did Villavicencio receive death threats from the Sinaloa Cartel?

   • On the campaign trail, Villavicencio had repeatedly warned that he was receiving death threats, including from the Sinaloa cartel — one of Mexico's most violent, which has had increasingly close ties with one of Ecuador's most significant street gangs, the Choneros, from the coastal city of Chone.

   Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio leaves Ecuador in shock : NPR

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3. english.elpais.com · international · 2023/08/12Four hitmen, drug cartels and security failures: The murder ...

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   Aug 12, 2023 · Investigators have yet to determine if someone hired Colón Pico to assassinate Fernando Villavicencio. Ecuador’s Prosecutor’s Office, meanwhile, has formalized the charges against the six...

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5. english.elpais.com · international · 2023/10/07Colombian hitmen who killed presidential candidate Fernando ...

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   Oct 7, 2023 · The six Colombians detained in Ecuador for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were killed on Friday in an Ecuadorian prison, according to authorities. A source told...

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7. www.bbc.com · news · world-latin-america-66457472Candidate in Ecuador's presidential election Fernando ...

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   A candidate in Ecuador's forthcoming presidential election who campaigned against corruption and gangs has been shot dead at a campaign rally. Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country's...

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8. apnews.com · article · ecuador-villavicencioFive suspects in the assassination of an Ecuadorian ...

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   Feb 29, 2024 · Villavicencio, an anti-corruption crusader, was gunned down as he left a campaign rally Aug. 9 in the capital, Quito. The politician had not been among the front-runners in the Aug. 20 election, but his killing in broad daylight was a shocking reminder of the surge in crime that is gripping Ecuador.

9. www.cnn.com · 2023/08/11 · americasEcuador says six suspects arrested for presidential candidate ...

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   Aug 11, 2023 · Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a...

10. www.npr.org · 2023/08/11 · 1193402600Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio leaves Ecuador in ...

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    Aug 11, 2023 · Ecuador's Interior Minister Juan Zapata leaves after giving a report on arrests in connection with assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, at police headquarters...