GUAYAQUIL: Six Colombian suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, officials said, just a week to a key election runoff.

UNRELENTING VIOLENCE Relatives of inmates wait for information outside Medicina Legal in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 15, 2023, after clashes broke out in the Guayas 1 prison. Six inmates were killed on Friday, October 6, during a disturbance inside a Guayaquil prison, authorities said, in the latest deadly unrest to strike Ecuador’s penal system. AFP PHOTO
UNRELENTING VIOLENCE Relatives of inmates wait for information outside Medicina Legal in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 15, 2023, after clashes broke out in the Guayas 1 prison. Six inmates were killed on Friday, October 6, during a disturbance inside a Guayaquil prison, authorities said, in the latest deadly unrest to strike Ecuador’s penal system. AFP PHOTO

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