Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a former vice president demanded action over spiraling levels of violence in the South American country.
Villavicencio, an anti-corruption campaigner and lawmaker who was outspoken about the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country, was shot dead at a campaign rally in the capital Quito on Wednesday.
The killing of the 59-year-old came 10 days before the first round of the presidential election was set to take place. Villavicencio’s campaign had promised a crackdown on crime and corruption amid a deadly escalation of violence that has gripped Ecuador in recent years.
The suspected shooter died in police custody following an exchange of fire with security personnel, Ecuador’s Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday.
Six others were arrested in connection with the killing. Ecuador’s Interior Minister Juan Zapata said in a news conference Thursday that the suspects are members of organized criminal groups, citing preliminary evidence.
He later confirmed to CNN the suspects are Colombian nationals. The nationality of the suspected gunman is not yet clear. more here
Round up the usual suspects!
Lesson: ya don’t tell Latin American counties not to traffic drugs.
Colombians assassinate their political opposition too?
Plausible deniability.
Columbian hit men – probably known to the FBI.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
fuck off
Correa hired Colombian hitmen to eliminate a troublesome journalist that had sought refuge in Colombia from his abusive regime. Correa created this. His judicial and prison “reforms” made the prisons autonomous headquarters for various gangs and Ecuador the new center for drug, arms and human trafficking in the region.
Correa was raised in the cartel culture. His father was a narcotraficante, not just a simple mula. He lived in one of the best neighborhoods in Guayaquil. A simple mula does not make that kind of money. He was also groomed by the socialists in the region (and possibly the COMINTERN) to be a leader.
Correa wants desperately to return to power in Ecuador (so do his puppet masters). He will do what it takes. No holds barred. His political party held the majority in the suspended Asamblea and still holds majorities in all major cities and provinces. (Stupid people like to be promised free stuff.) If he can get his puppet elected, he is back within 6 months. If that means eliminating the competition before the election, he’ll do it. If it means bringing Ecuador and Ecuadorians to their knees, he has no qualms about it. He hates the country and its people (pobrecito hijo de mula).