Unpunished. The Bbc World Service Latin America regional editor Leonardo Rocha reports. Mr villavicencio was shot dead as he finished a rally in the capital, quito. He was approached by a gunman who shot him in the head three times be or they escape. He was a former union leader, a former journalist who clashed with other politicians in the past for his role as an investigative journalist, and he was a current member of congress. He was running on an Anti Corruption and Pro Environmental campaign. He was one of several candidates running for president. The first round of the election will take place on august 20, he was Opinion Polls put in Third Orfourth place but he had a chance because there would be a second round of votes probably later this year. He is the latest victim of this crime wave in ecuador, he survived an attempt on his life before, and ecuador is going through a serious crisis, triggered mainly by the increasing involvement of mexican drug gangs in the country. There h
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On Craig Robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal shared this latest update from washington, dc. The details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect s name was Craig Robertson. We understand he was 75 years old. And there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the District Court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. So one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president ive got the criminal complaint in front of me but fbi agents conducted surveillance of his home back in march. They wanted to talk to him about his Social Media Posts. He told them, according to the complaint, to come back with an Arrest Warrant which they did. Now, when you look at the criminal complaint and the evidence that they had compiled against him, it included Social Media Posts that hed put up. And theyre very dark messages. They show violence towards
Id be cutting things out of newspapers to get lettering. I would be using photographs, re appropriating things. And, jamie reid, the man whose images defined the punk era, has died. He was 76. And on newsnight at 10 30pm, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Hello. Tonight we begin with more tragedy on the sea, as the mediterranean becomes the graveyard for more people fleeing poverty or war or persecution to reach europe. The italian authorities have opened an investigation into the deaths of 41 people, who died when their boat capsized. They were crossing from sfax in tunisia, hoping to reach italy. There were just four survivors, rescued by a Merchant Vessel and then handed over to the italian coastguard. The United Nations agency, the International Organisation for migration, says the First Quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest for six years in the med. Sofia bettiza has our top story
questioning today in the aleck murdaugh double murder trial, and closing arguments could come within days. we re learning more about what the feds are now doing to help the people of east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train derailment, and now health concerns are spreading beyond ohio. we ll explain. plus, the department of energy says it found the likely source of the covid outbreak, but the intelligence community still doesn t agree about the origins of covid. and new reporting this morning on how child migrants are being dangerously exploited working brutal jobs in factories that made products we use every day. we ll talk to the journalist behind this new york times investigation. this morning 56 million americans remain under winter storm alerts as huge parts of the country are recovering from a weekend of extreme weather. right now tens of thousands are still in the dark after a string of storms caused destruction in the heartland with nine tornad