Page 3 - Fito Mac News Today

Friends and family came together Friday to pay their respects to Fernando Villavicencio, the Ecuadorian presidential candidate who was assassinated Wednesday in Quito.

Ecuadorian presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio said the Sinaloa Cartel and their main ally in Ecuador, gang leader José Fito Macías were behind death threats issued to him.

Ecuador authorities revealed that it has six Colombian suspects in custody who are linked to the murder of presidential candidate Francisco Villavicencio. A seventh, also from Colombia, died.

Michelle Macías told reporters Sunday following her release that she thought her kidnappers were going to kill her because they were aiming their weapons at her.

Ecuadors President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency Monday as part of a plan to combat international drug trafficking organizations and reduce crime.

At least six gangs have complete control of the Litoral Penitentiary, where they reportedly generate around $280 million a year by bribing jail guards and cops.

Cops in Ecuador are looking for Verónica Briones Zambrano, the girlfriend of a gang leader José Adolfo Fito Macías Villamar who spent almost a week sleeping in his jail cell.