Links to reports in English and Spanish from the Associated Press, and from Reuters and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. NOTE: Click HERE or scroll down for today’s first entry. — MCM
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Anti-corruption presidential candidate is assassinated in Ecuador as country reels from violence, by Gonzalo Solano and Regina Garcia Cano | AP QUITO — An Ecuadorian presidential candidate who recently pledged to root out corruption and lock up the country’s “thieves” was fatally shot at a political rally in the capital as the South American country reels from drug-related crime and violence. Fernando Villavicencio, 59, who was known for speaking up against cartels, was assassinated Wednesday, less than two weeks before a special presidential election. He was not a front-runner, but . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ecuador en estado de emergencia tras asesinato de candidato presidencial que denunciaba corrupción, por Gonzalo Solano | AP QUITO — Ecuador permanecía el jueves en estado de emergencia nacional tras el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio, un hecho sin precedentes que ha sumido al país en uno de los momentos más aciagos de su historia democrática. El presidente Guillermo Lasso publicó en su cuenta de X, que el crimen del candidato será investigado por la Agencia Federal de Investigaciones de Estados Unidos (FBI, por sus siglas en inglés) que “aceptó nuestra petición y en las próximas horas una delegación llegará al país”. LEA MÁS . . .
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Ecuador in shock after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated, by Alexandra Valencia | Reuters QUITO — One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said tday, and the government said it was pursuing the “intellectual authors” of the murder. The fatal shooting on Wednesday night . . . READ MORE . . .
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Slain Ecuador candidate fearlessly took on drug cartels and corruption, by Gabreila Molina and Megan Janetsky | AP QUITO — The Ecuadorian presidential candidate fatally shot at a political rally fearlessly took on his country’s criminal networks and the political elite that he accused of corruption at the hands of organized crime. Fernando Villavicencio, a journalist before entering politics, waged a yearslong . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ecuador reels after leading presidential candidate is assassinated. Reported by Simeon Tegel | NPR With just over a week to go until election day, Ecuador is under a state of emergency and in shock after the assassination of a presidential candidate at a campaign rally. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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