For now, links to reports from Reuters and El País, one in Spanish; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM

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Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate murdered in prison. From Reuters. — Six men suspected of involvement in the murder in August of Ecuador’s anti-corruption presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, the prisons agency said, barely a week before a crucial run-off election. The killings took place in a penitentiary in Guayaquil, the South American country’s largest city, the attorney general’s office announced earlier. Outgoing President Guillermo Lasso pledged . . . READ MORE . . .

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Asesinadas en dos cárceles de Ecuador siete personas acusadas de matar al candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio, por Juan Diego Quesada y Carolina Mella | El País BOGATÁ, Colombia / GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Los seis colombianos detenidos en Ecuador por la muerte del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicenciofueron asesinados el viernes en una cárcel de Guayaquil, según han informado las autoridades. De acuerdo con una fuente a la que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS, los presos fueron ahorcados. Un séptimo involucrado en el magnicidio, de nacionalidad ecuatoriana, murió de la misma forma en una prisión de Quito . . . LEA MÁS . . .

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OAS to mediate Guatemala conflict that threatens transfer of power. From Reuters.  GUATEMALA CITY — The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) said late on Friday he had accepted an invitation to mediate between Guatemalan officials and street protesters seeking an orderly transfer to power to President-elect Bernardo Arevalo. OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said he accepted the invitation from Guatemala’s government, posting a letter from the foreign ministry dated Friday that described the invitation as a means to achieve “consensus among different . . . READ MORE . . .

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