{"id":1996159,"date":"2023-08-09T23:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T03:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-campaign-event\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T23:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T03:39:13","slug":"ecuadorian-anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-campaign-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorian anti-corruption candidate killed during campaign event."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fecuadorian-anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-campaign-event%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=1996159&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>An Anti-Corruption Candidate Assassinated in Ecuador<\/h2>\n<p>An \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tony-lyons-rfk-jr-is-an-anti-corruption-candidate\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. is an anti-corruption candidate, says Tony Lyons.\">anti-corruption candidate<\/a>\u2062 for the presidency of Ecuador was tragically \u200bassassinated during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">campaign event<\/a>, shocking the \u200bnation. According\u200b to the police, Fernando Villavicencio, the leader of the Movimiento \u2062Construye Party, was brutally\u200d murdered by gunmen. President Guillermo Lasso confirmed\u200b the devastating news \u200dand expressed his condolences to Villavicencio&#8217;s family, including his widow and five\u200b children.<\/p>\n<p>Lasso, determined to bring \u2064justice, blamed the attack on\u200c organized crime and vowed to take strong\u200d action against it. In a\u200d statement, \u2063he\u200d declared, &#8220;I assure you that \u200cthis crime will not go unpunished. Organized crime has gone too far, but they will feel the full weight of the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Shocking Act of Violence<\/h3>\n<p>General Manuel I\u00f1iguez, a deputy commander of the Ecuadoran national police, revealed \u200dthat Villavicencio was shot \u2063shortly after entering a truck outside\u2062 a rally at a\u2062 high school. The assailants also attempted to detonate a grenade, but fortunately, \u200bit failed to explode. The violence of the attack highlights\u2062 the dangerous situation in Ecuador, which has seen a surge in crime, particularly related to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Villavicencio had recently disclosed that he \u2064had\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporter-and-mother-of-two-fears-for-her-life-and-her-childrens-safety-after-kathy-griffin-doxxes-her-family\/\" title=\"Trump Supporter and Mother of Two Fears for Her Life and Her Children\u2019s Safety After Kathy Griffin Doxxes Her Family\">received threats<\/a> from a gang leader, raising\u200b concerns about his safety. Despite Ecuador&#8217;s historically peaceful \u200bnature, crime has\u2062 become a pressing issue, and Villavicencio&#8217;s campaign\u2063 aimed to \u200baddress this growing \u2064problem.<\/p>\n<h3>A Campaign\u2063 Plagued by Death Threats<\/h3>\n<p>Patricio \u2062Zuquilanda, Villavicencio&#8217;s campaign adviser, revealed that they had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-l-a-d-a-s-husband-who-pulled-a-gun-on-a-blm-leader-requests-diversion-to-avoid-jail\/\" title=\"Former L.A. D.A.\u2019s Husband Who Pulled A Gun On A BLM Leader Requests Diversion To Avoid Jail\">received numerous death threats<\/a>, which were\u200c promptly reported to the authorities. \u200bAt least one\u2062 arrest had \u200cbeen made in connection\u200d with these threats. Zuquilanda expressed his grief and frustration, \u2064stating, &#8220;The \u200bEcuadorian people are crying and Ecuador\u2064 is mortally wounded. Politics cannot lead to the death of \u200dany \u2064member of society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite trailing\u2064 behind other candidates, Villavicencio had\u200c been gaining support in the lead-up to the \u2063first round \u200cof \u200delections. The shocking assassination has sparked outrage among his fellow candidates. Luisa Gonz\u00e1lez of the Citizen Revolution Party expressed solidarity, \u2064declaring, &#8220;When they \u2062touch one, they touch all of \u2063us&#8230; This \u200bvile act will not go unpunished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President and current candidate Otto Sonnenholzner\u2062 demanded action, saying, &#8220;We are dying, drowning in a sea of tears, and we do not deserve to live like this. We demand that you \u200bdo something.&#8221; He added, &#8220;May God keep him in his glory. Our country has gotten out \u200dof hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is a tragic day for Ecuador as it mourns\u200d the loss of\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-campaign-event\/\" title=\"Ecuadorian anti-corruption candidate killed during campaign event.\">courageous anti-corruption candidate<\/a>. The nation now waits to\u2064 see if \u2062justice will be served and if measures will \u200bbe taken to address\u2062 the escalating crime problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM \u200cTHE WASHINGTON\u2064 EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>police confirmed the assassination of anti-corruption candidate Fernando Villavicencio, 59, during a campaign event in Ecuador. President Guillermo Lasso stated that gunmen were responsible, with one found dead later. Villavicencio, leader of the Movimiento Construye Party, is survived by a widow and five children. 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