{"id":1996765,"date":"2023-08-10T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-event\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T14:58:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T18:58:33","slug":"ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorian candidate killed at event."},"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\">10<\/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-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-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=1996765&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Assembly member and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">presidential candidate<\/a>, Fernando Villavicencio, gestures outside \u200dthe \u200cAttorney General\u2019s Office in Quito on August 8, 2023. (Photo by\u200d RODRIGO\u200b BUENDIA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:43 AM \u2013 Thursday, August \u200d10, \u20632023<\/h3>\n<p>Fernando \u200dVillavicencio, one of\u2063 Ecuador\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-anatomy-of-a-stolen-election-the-fraud-cannot-stand\/\" title=\"The Anatomy of a Stolen Election \u2013 The Fraud Cannot Stand\">presidential candidates<\/a>, was assassinated at a campaign event just days before the election. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Villavicencio, 59, was reportedly \u200dshot three times \u2062in the head while leaving a campaign rally at a school in Quito, the \u200dcapital \u2062of \u200dEcuador. The election was just\u200d 11 days away.<\/p>\n<p>Guillermo Lasso, the president of \u2063Ecuador, promised the \u200dmurder \u200dwould not go unpunished,\u00a0adding that\u200b \u201corganized crime\u2062 has come a long way, but the\u2064 full weight of \u2063the law will fall\u2064 on them.\u201d Lasso\u200b declared a\u200c 60-day state of emergency, an immediate nationwide deployment of armed\u200d forces, and three days\u200c of\u2063 national mourning.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney\u200c General\u2019s Office of Ecuador \u200dsaid in a statement that \u200bthe gunman passed away in custody after a shootout\u200b with security guards. <\/p>\n<p>According to Interior \u200bMinister Juan Zapata, six others were\u200b also\u2063 arrested in connection\u2064 with the \u2064assassination. All \u200dthe \u200dmen involved \u2062in the shooting were\u200c reported as being foreign nationals who\u2064 are part \u2063of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ecuadorian-presidential-candidate-assassinated-at-event\/\" title=\"Ecuadorian candidate killed at event.\">organized\u200d criminal group<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Ecuadorian Presidential \u2063Candidate Fernando Villavicencio has reportedly\u2064 been assassinated at a campaign rally.<\/p>\n<p>***The following video \u2063is the\u2063 suspect who was captured at the \u200crally***<\/p>\n<p>According to reports,\u2064 Villavicencio was shot three\u200d times in the head and a grenade was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eux659jzYw\">pic.twitter.com\/Eux659jzYw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1689433671546064897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Just days ago, \u2063the presidential candidate was \u2063shown on video\u200b discussing how he had been warned to have extra protection at\u200c rallies. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHere I am Mrs. \u200dLuisa Gonz\u00e1lez. They have told me to wear a bulletproof vest but here I \u2062am in a sweaty shirt, let the drug lords \u200bcome, let\u2062 the\u2064 hitmen come,\u201d said\u00a0Villavicencio.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHOCKING: Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated hours ago. But just days\u200b ago, he said \u200dthis\u2064 at \u2063a campaign event, &#8220;Here I am Mrs. Luisa \u200cGonz\u00e1lez. They have told me to wear a bulletproof vest but \u200dhere I am in a\u2062 sweaty shirt, let the\u200c drug lords come,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqkkXcutm6\">pic.twitter.com\/DqkkXcutm6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Ateba (@simonateba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simonateba\/status\/1689546670374055936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Footage of the shooting also appears to\u200b be circulating on social media. <\/p>\n<p>The footage reportedly shows Villavicencio exiting \u200dthe campaign event and walking towards a car while being surrounded by a large \u200cnumber of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a> and bystanders. \u2062As he goes into the \u200bback seat of an automobile, at least 12\u200b gunshots can\u200b be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Nine\u200d other people were\u2064 also injured in the attack, including a candidate \u200cfor the\u2064 National Assembly and two police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Electoral Council President Diana Atamaint stated that the presidential election on August 20<sup>th<\/sup> is scheduled \u2064to continue \u200das \u2064planned. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts\u2064 directly \u200dto your inbox \u200cfor free. Subscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Landon Starbuck<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u200cBob Bianchi<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Joe Allen<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Jeff Barke<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013\u2063 South Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it plans to launch \u2063more electric vehicles under the \u200bHyundai and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 \u200bGerman technology group Robert Bosch said on\u200b Tuesday\u200c that it \u200dwill establish a \u200cjoint venture with TSMC, Infineon and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said on \u2063Tuesday that\u2063 its board had approved a 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gwladys \u2063Fouche\u2063 OSLO\u200b (Reuters) \u2062\u2013 \u200dMeta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to\u2062 stop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a former Assembly member, was tragically assassinated during a campaign event in Ecuador. 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