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Judi Lynn

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Sat Oct 7, 2023, 01:54 AM Oct 2023

Six suspects held over murder of Ecuador presidential candidate slain in prison [View all]


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October 7, 2023
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Quito, Oct 6 (EFE).- Six Colombians accused of involvement in the murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, according to authorities.

The state prisons agency SNAI confirmed the identities of the bodies after the Prosecutor’s Office and police entered Litoral Penitentiary, the largest prison in Ecuador, to collect them.

The six men were suspected of involvement in the murder of Villavicencio in August as he left a campaign rally, along with a seventh Colombian who was shot by security at the scene and later died.

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The biggest massacres have taken place in this prison out of a string of them since 2020 that has left more than 400 prisoners murdered in Ecuador’s prison system, mainly due to clashes between rival criminal gangs.

Recently, the police and armed forces entered the interior of the pavilions in a series of operations in which they seized a large number of weapons including includes rifles, pistols, grenades, grenade launchers and explosives, in addition to numerous bladed weapons and other prohibited objects.

More:
https://www.laprensalatina.com/six-suspects-held-over-murder-of-ecuador-presidential-candidate-slain-in-prison/
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