Seventh suspect in Ecuador candidate assassination killed in prison

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 09, 2023 12:03 am

Guayaquil, Ecuador: A seventh Colombian suspected in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio has died in prison, officials said Saturday.

The prisons authority said in a statement that the man killed in Quito's El Inca prison -- like the six who died Friday in a prison in port city Guayaquil -- was 'linked' to Villavicencio's murder.

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