{"id":1996091,"date":"2023-08-09T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/right-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:53:19","slug":"right-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/right-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Right-wing candidate assassinated in Ecuador&#8217;s presidential race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fright-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Right-wing Ecuadorian Presidential \u2064Candidate Assassinated After \u2064Political\u200b Rally<\/h2>\n<p>On Wednesday, right-wing Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando\u200d Villavicencio was tragically assassinated. He \u2062was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-iowa-officer-has-long-criminal-history\/\" title=\"Suspect in fatal shooting of Iowa officer has long criminal history\">shot multiple times<\/a> after leaving \u200ca\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">political rally<\/a> in Ecuador&#8217;s capital city of Quito.<\/p>\n<p>Villavicencio&#8217;s family confirmed his death,\u2063 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-08-10\/ecuador-presidential-candidate-villavicencio-shot-dead-expreso#xj4y7vzkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg News<\/a>. The incident took place\u200d at a school where\u200d the political event was being held.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WARNING \u2014 the following video contains content some may find disturbing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ecuador?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ecuador<\/a><br \/>Momento exacto del asesinato de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FernandoVillavicencio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FernandoVillavicencio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FmUecHM0dQ\">pic.twitter.com\/FmUecHM0dQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RAMIRO LOJANO. \ud83c\udf10 (@RAMIROLOJANOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RAMIROLOJANOL\/status\/1689432260380872704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/URGENTE?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#URGENTE<\/a><br \/>SICARIOS \u2063DISPARAN\u2062 A\u2062 FERNANDO\u2062 VILLAVICENCIO A LA SALIDA DE \u2063UN MITIN COLEGIO\u2062 ANDERSON EN QUITO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saiTeqKb7R\">pic.twitter.com\/saiTeqKb7R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 christian \u2062zurita :. (@christianzr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christianzr\/status\/1689419024055042048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u2062 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Villavicencio, \u200ca journalist and opponent of former leftist President Rafael Correa, had a tumultuous history. In 2014, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for allegedly slandering Correa.\u200d He\u2062 spent three years as a\u200d fugitive before being\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-group-reveres-black-panther-party-in-new-lesson-plan\/\" title=\"Education Group Reveres Black Panther Party In New Lesson Plan\">granted political asylum<\/a> in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return to \u200dEcuador, Villavicencio accused the government of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/right-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador\/\" title=\"Right-wing candidate assassinated in Ecuador's presidential race.\">misusing\u2063 public resources<\/a> \u200cin the commercialization of \u200ccrude oil with private company Petrochina. He estimated that this resulted in\u200d billions of dollars in losses for the country.<\/p>\n<p>His campaign\u200c focused on building safety\u2062 in \u200bEcuador, with \u200dfive pillars: citizen, food, economic, environmental, and health. Villavicencio was elected \u200das a national\u200d congress member in the \u20642021 elections and had been a victim of a previous attack\u200d at his residence in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>As an investigative\u2062 journalist, \u2062he played a crucial role\u200c in exposing corruption in various sectors, including\u2063 oil, mining, electricity, \u200ctelecommunications, and criminal structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE \u200dTO \u2064GET THE DAILY\u2063 WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right-wing Ecuadorian candidate Fernando Villavicencio was fatally shot multiple times after a political rally in Quito. His family confirmed his death. 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