Suspects in the killing of a presidential candidate are killed in prison

Six detainees killed on Friday, October 6, in a prison in Guayaquil, southwestern Ecuador, were Colombians who were imprisoned for their involvement in the assassination of centrist presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. “The six people are deprived of their liberty (PPL) dead” In Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil “They are of Colombian nationality and are accused of assassinating former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.”The prison administration indicated in a press release.

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Laso, who is traveling to New York and is expected to arrive in South Korea, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he will return to Ecuador “in the coming hours” to confront… “Emergency”And he summoned “immediately” A meeting of senior security officials. “No collusion or hypocrisy. Here you will know the truth.”He said.

Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year-old former journalist and one of the candidates in the first round of the presidential election, was shot dead by a commando of assassins after an election meeting in Quito, 11 days before the vote. Six Colombians with serious criminal pasts were caught in the act, and another was killed by the victim’s bodyguards. In all, about ten people were arrested during the ensuing investigation.