Ecuador News,Ecuador presidential candidate fernando villavicencio assassinated while campaigning

Quito: An incident in the South American country of Ecuador has surprised everyone. Here, the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was killed when he was leaving an election rally in the capital Quito. This incident that happened on Wednesday night has surprised everyone. In the video that has come, it is clearly visible how the killers are firing indiscriminately. Security personnel captured a suspect who was wounded during the shootout. He too was taken to the Attorney General’s Unit in Quito, badly injured. But he has also died. His death was confirmed by the fire department. Police is taking action to collect the dead body.

rally in high school
The American newspaper The Washington Post quoted General Manuel Iniguez, a deputy commander of Ecuador’s national police, as saying that 59-year-old Fernando Villavicencio was leaving a rally at a high school in Quito. At the same time bullets were fired at him several times. Immediately after the incident, Villavicencio was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead. General Manuel Iniguez said a police officer was also wounded in the attack. The gunmen also launched a grenade towards Villavicencio’s group. Although the grenade did not explode.

Villavicencio was a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador before it was dissolved in May. He was one of the leading candidates in the first round of voting on 20 August to succeed Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso. Ecuador’s police and interior ministry have not given further details of the murder. On behalf of the news agency Reuters, it has been said that no response has been given even after repeated requests.

Increasing violence in the country
Ecuador is facing record levels of gang violence, with drug trafficking spiraling out of control, as people prepare to vote in elections, The Washington Post reports. During the election campaign, the candidates mentioned the increasing violence in Ecuador. Guillermo Lasso calls elections after dissolving the National Assembly and avoiding impeachment.