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six people were arrested this Wednesday evening, allegedly involved in the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was the victim of a gun attack while leaving
six people were arrested this Wednesday evening, allegedly involved in the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was the victim of a gun attack while leaving his campaign rally in Quito.
The arrests were made during a series of raids in Conocoto and San Bartolotwo districts of the Ecuadorian capital, according to the Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office through its official channels.
In the same time, The prosecutor’s office began to seize the body of Villavicencio from the medical center where he was transferred after the attack and sent to the morgue for an autopsy.
This was previously reported by the Ministry of Defense. death of a suspect in a crime who was captured after a shootout with security personnel.
According to the same prosecutor’s office, which did not identify the deceased, the alleged perpetrator of the attack was first to the court in Quito, and then to the medical centerduring the trip, the ambulance fire engine that carried him confirmed his death.
As a result of the attack at least nine people were injured who were also taken to the medical center, including a candidate for deputy and two police officers.
Villavicencio, aged 59, was one of eight registered candidates to replace the current president, a conservative William Lassoin a special general election scheduled for the following Sunday, 20 August, and like the rest, he was given police protection.
Journalist and former assembly member A few weeks ago, he said that he received death threats, in the midst of an election campaign that revolves around the worst security crisis that has plagued Ecuador, which ended 2022 with a violent death rate of 25.32 per 100,000 inhabitants, the highest since records were kept.
This Wednesday evening the President Guillermo Lasso confirmed the arrest of at least six suspects. The President indicated that investigations were ongoing and that the authorities would “apply the full extent of the law to ensure that the perpetrators face the maximum punishment.”
“This is a political crime that acquires a terrorist character. and we have no doubt that this is an attempt to sabotage the electoral process,” Lasso said, noting that “it is not a coincidence” that this attack takes place “a few days after the first round” of the election.
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He also claimed that The state “will not back down” and will remain “solid” because “democracy does not succumb to the cruelty of this murder”. “We are not going to give power or authority to organized crime, even if it is disguised,” he added.
“We agree that despite the loss of a struggling Democrat, elections are not suspendedthey must be met and democracy must be strengthened. This is the best reason to go vote and defend democracy,” Lasso said.
Villavicencio, former trade unionist and Construye Movement candidate, was killed this Wednesday during the end of an election rally On the eve of the elections on August 20. The main suspect in the attack later died after being injured in a confrontation with several agents.
The building movement expressed its “horror and pain” for the death of Villavicencio, whom he called a “tireless fighter” against the mafia, while several countries showed their solidarity and alarm over the attack.
(According to information from EFE And Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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