Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case
The five convicted over Villavicencio's murder in 2024 were said to have orchestrated the hit.
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Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination caseImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election in 2023ByAleks PhillipsPublished6 minutes agoProsecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023.José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election.Five people linked to the criminal gang were jailed over the hit in 2024, while Pipo was captured in Spain last year, having faked his own death.Villavicencio, a journalist…
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