Six suspects in murder of Ecuador presidential candidate killed in prison, authorities say
The six Colombians had been arrested on the day Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead in August Six men suspected of involvement in the August murder...
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Guards and police released after being held hostage in Ecuadorian prisons
Fifty-seven law enforcement officers held in six prisons amid sharp rise in gang violence ahead of election Fifty guards and seven police officers have been...
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples Ecuadorians have voted in a historic referendum to...
Ecuador elections set to go to second round in vote dominated by security concerns
Luisa González and Daniel Noboa will likely appear in run-off, with assassinated candidate Fernando Villavicencio polling in third place with 16% of vote With more...
Ecuadorians vote for new president in election marred by candidate’s murder
Security is high since the murder of Fernando Villavicencio as candidates hope to overturn crime rates and a struggling economy Ecuadorians are voting to choose...
Ecuador prepares for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ vote to stop oil drilling
Referendum alongside presidential election will decide whether to halt extraction in Amazon national park As Ecuadorians go to the polls on Sunday they must not...
Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls
Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio The brazen assassination of a presidential candidate...
Third politician in a month killed in Ecuador
Citizen Revolution party’s Pedro Briones fatally shot less than a week after assassination of presidential candidate The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador has claimed the life...
Andrea González picked to replace Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate
Fernando Villavicencio fatally shot last week after leaving a campaign event in capital, Quito The political party of Ecuador’s assassinated presidential hopeful, Fernando Villavicencio, picked...
‘I’m not afraid’: Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate who fought the cartels
Killing of Fernando Villavicencio ahead of elections comes as country struggles with surge in drug-related violence Millions of Ecuadorians will have seen the phone camera...
