{"id":1996558,"date":"2023-08-10T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-in-custody\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:24:17","slug":"anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential candidate against corruption killed, suspect held."},"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%2Fanti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-in-custody%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=1996558&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 Presidential Candidate Assassinated\u200d in Ecuador<\/h2>\n<p>An\u200d anti-corruption candidate\u200d seeking\u2063 to \u200bbecome president of the Central American nation of Ecuador was assassinated Wednesday\u200c night. Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned on\u200c severing connections between criminals and the\u200b nation\u2019s government, was shot\u200d to \u2063death at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">campaign rally<\/a> in Quito, the \u200dnation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>The criminal gang Los Lobos (the Wolves), which with 8,000 members is\u200b the second-largest \u200din Ecuador, has claimed responsibility, \u200baccording\u2063 to the \u2064BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was shot by security forces\u200d and later died. Authorities have detained \u2064six people in connection \u2064with\u200b the assassination, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u2063 he stepped outside\u200c the door, he was met with gunfire,\u201d \u200bVillavicencio campaign worker Carlos Figueroa said, according to The New York Times.\u2062 \u201cThere\u2064 was \u2063nothing to be done, \u2064because they were shots to \u200dthe head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Videos of the shooting were posted\u2062 to social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain graphic images that\u200d some \u2064viewers may \u200cfind \u2064disturbing.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Magnicidio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Magnicidio<\/a> En \u2064 La Izquierda asesina \u200bcobra la vida del candidato de \u200dderechas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FernandoVillavicencio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FernandoVillavicencio<\/a>.<br \/>\nEstos fueron sus\u200b \u00faltimos\u200c momentos con vida\u2026 Que descanse en paz \u2063y su tenga la \u200bfuerza y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-in-custody\/\" title=\"Presidential candidate against corruption killed, suspect held.\">respaldo en estos momentos \u200ctan\u2063 dificiles<\/a>.<br \/>\nQDEP. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TOKM1RV0cX\">pic.twitter.com\/TOKM1RV0cX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Flor \u200bde los Milagros (@FlordelosMilag6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlordelosMilag6\/status\/1689450449491886080?\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Ecuadorian Presidential Candidate Fernando Villavicencio \u200dhas reportedly\u200d been assassinated at a \u200bcampaign rally.<\/p>\n<p>***The following video is the \u200csuspect who was captured at the rally***<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Villavicencio was shot three times \u200bin the head and a grenade was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eux659jzYw\">pic.twitter.com\/Eux659jzYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg\u200b (@CollinRugg)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1689433671546064897?\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/URGENTE?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#URGENTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>En un video que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-cartel-releases-hostages-taken-after-arrest-of-boss-wife\/\" title=\"Mexican Cartel Releases Hostages Taken After Arrest of Boss' Wife\">circula en redes sociales<\/a>, supuestos miembros de la banda delincuencial \u201cLos Lobos\u201d \u200bdicen ser los autores \u2064del atentado\u2063 que termin\u00f3 con la vida de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FernandoVillavicencio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FernandoVillavicencio<\/a> \u2064 y lanzan amenazas \u200dcontra\u2064 el candidato <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jantopicecuador?\">@jantopicecuador<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fHIYwR5NDY\">pic.twitter.com\/fHIYwR5NDY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ecuadorinmediato (@ecuainm_oficial)\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecuainm_oficial\/status\/1689505138036047873?\">August 10,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Villavicencio, 59, who was a member of the National Assembly, was in\u2063 the \u2062middle of the eight-candidate pack but was the most outspoken about\u200d corruption and \u2062crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectorally speaking, this year \u200dis the most violent in our history. \u200bI think\u200b that what is going\u2063 to \u200cchange is the way we conceive of politics. \u2062I\u2063 think that \u200cfrom now on it becomes a high-risk profession,\u201d said Arianna Tanca, an Ecuadorean political \u2062scientist.<\/p>\n<p>Ecuador\u2019s election was sparked by President Guillermo Lasso\u2019s action to disband \u2063the National Assembly in May\u2062 as he faced impeachment over charges of embezzlement. Voting comes\u2062 in two \u200drounds: the first vote on\u2062 Aug. 20 and a second vote in October if no candidate \u2063wins a majority.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Lasso imposed\u2062 a 60-day state of emergency but said\u2063 the election still\u200d would be held.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will the U.S.\u2064 see \u200dan uptick in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lia-thomas-who-pretends-to-be-a-woman-endorses-domestic-terrorism-with-3-words-on-shirt\/\" title=\"Lia Thomas, Faking Identity, Supports Domestic Terrorism on Shirt.\">political\u200c violence<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may \u2063opt out \u2064at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u200dPolicy<\/a> and \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes:\u2062 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis was a \u200cpolitical crime, terrorism, and there is no doubt that this assassination is an attempt to sabotage the electoral \u2063process. It is no coincidence this happened days before the first round\u200b of voting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Nine people were wounded Wednesday night in the\u200c shooting, according to\u200d The Washington Post. A grenade had\u2064 been fired \u2064toward Villavicencio but\u200d did not explode.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the\u2063 candidate had\u200d said his\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-clinesmith-altered-an-email-in-the-trump-russia-probe-to-keep-it-going-he-just-received-probation\/\" title=\"Kevin Clinesmith Altered An Email In The Trump-Russia Probe To Keep It Going. He Just Received Probation.\">campaign received<\/a> two death threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will\u200c continue in the fight of the brave Ecuadorans who want\u2062 to rescue the homeland from the\u2064 hands of the \u200dmafias,\u201d Villavicencio said then.<\/p>\n<p>His widow, Ver\u00f3nica Sarauz, said her husband\u2019s security team, which includes 20 police \u200bofficers, did\u2063 not take him\u2062 out of\u2062 the event \u2062through a back door to avoid crowds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFernando\u2019s \u200bsecurity team \u2026 they failed. The head of \u200dlogistics, the head of security, failed,\u201d Sarauz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country \u2062is going to hell,\u201d\u200b she said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-corruption-presidential-candidate-assassinated-suspect-custody\/\">Anti-Corruption\u200c Presidential Candidate Assassinated, Suspect\u200b in Custody<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-corruption candidate in Ecuador, Fernando Villavicencio, was assassinated at a campaign rally in Quito. He aimed to sever ties between criminals and the government. 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