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Ecuador Charges Trio in Presidential Hopeful's Assassination
Pre-trial detentions target alleged masterminds linked to organized crime and political motives behind Fernando Villavicencio's 2023 assassination, based on protected witness testimony.
- Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year-old presidential hopeful in Ecuador, was assassinated at a campaign event 11 days before the election.
- Villavicencio had previously exposed corruption that led to the conviction of former president Rafael Correa, who is now exiled in Belgium.
- Ecuador has charged three people, including a former minister and lawmaker linked to Correa, as the 'intellectual authors' of Villavicencio's assassination.
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By Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Ecuador filed charges on Wednesday against four alleged intellectual authors of the assassination of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, which took place on August 9, 2023 after a political rally in Quito. The hearing—which took place in a judicial unit in Quito—was marked by the strong presence of special police teams that reinforced security during …
New Charges in Emblematic Murder Case Shake Ecuador’s Political Landscape
New Charges in Emblematic Murder Case Shake Ecuador’s Political Landscape Ecuadorian prosecutors have charged former Interior Minister José Serrano with helping plan the high-profile assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023, marking a crucial moment in the country’s fight against corruption. On September 3, Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office formally charged four individuals for masterminding the infamous August 2023 murder of Fernando…
The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Ecuador is requesting the preventive detention and red circulation of Interpol against four alleged intellectual perpetrators of the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.
At the hearing on charges of the assassination of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, which took place on September 3, prosecutor Ana Hidalgo revealed that one of the hit men who participated in the crime told an FBI agent that "this job was for the man above." And that after asking him who he was referring to, the man said he was former president Rafael Correa. The FBI collaborated in the investigations to clarify Villavicenci…
Ecuador Prosecutor Cites Witness Alleging Rafael Correa Ordered Villavicencio Assassination
Explosive testimony revealed by a prosecutor in Ecuador alleges that former President Rafael Correa ordered the two-year-old assassination of a presidential candidate who had for years criticized him as corrupt.
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