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| Six accused of killing presidential candidate killed in Ecuador |
| 2023-10-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The bodies of six people killed Friday at the Litoral prison in Ecuadorian Guayaquil have been identified as Colombians accused of killing the country's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio . The penitentiary service announced this on October 7 on the social network X (formerly Twitter). The bodies of six prisoners were discovered on October 5 in the Litoral prison. After conducting the necessary examinations, it was established that all the victims were citizens of Colombia and were accused of the murder of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Earlier, IA Regnum reported that Ecuadorian presidential candidate from the Stroy movement, Fernando Villavicencio, was shot dead at a rally in Quito on August 9, and nine more people were wounded. According to the Ecuadorian Prosecutor General's Office, the suspect in the murder of Villavicencio, who had previously received threats, died from gunshot wounds. A total of six people were detained in connection with the case. In addition, a week before the elections, Pedro Briones , who led the political movement “Civil Revolution” in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador, was killed by unknown assailants near his home. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Dead men tell no tales. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-10-08 14:42 |
| #1 Convenient. Case closed. (See Epstein, Jeffery) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-10-08 11:16 |