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Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country's...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — 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 battle against the forces that he saw transforming Ecuador, including crime […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The six men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate are Colombian nationals, a police report said Thursday as authorities investigated the motive for a crime that shocked a nation already reeling from a surge in drug-related violence. The six men were captured hiding in a […]

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutor’s office said Friday. A public ceremony to mourn Fernando Villavicencio was held Friday in the capital convention center, while a separate […]

Jose Adolfo "Fito" Macias was transferred to a high-security prison in a heavy military and police operation. Slained presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio had complained of receiving death threats from Macias.

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose lifes work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutors office said Friday.

The gang-driven violence afflicting Ecuador over the last two years reached an unprecedented level when a presidential candidate known for speaking up against drug cartels and corruption was shot and killed at a political rally in the South American countrys capital.

Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose lifes work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutors office said Friday.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The six men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate are Colombian nati

QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose lifes work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutors office said Friday.