The assassination of a presidential candidate on August 9, 2023, marked a point of no return in the crisis of violence facing Ecuador. After a few turbulent weeks following the murder of the mayor ...

The family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has denounced the state for the crime of “murder by willful omission” two days before polls open on Sunday.

Five people convicted of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador have been jailed. The journalist and former legislator was shot as he left a rally in August 2023 ...

One of the hit men died at the scene of Villavicencio’s murder and seven other suspects – mostly Colombian citizens – were murdered in October while being held in prisons on pretrial detention.

Assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was honored at a funeral mass and public memorial in Quito. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market ...

One dead suspect and six others arrested in the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombians, Ecuadorean police said on Thursday, and the government ...

Union leader. Muckraking journalist. Legislator. Presidential candidate. And, now, assassin’s victim. Fernando Villavicencio, who was gunned down at a rally on Wednesday, had a long history in ...

The family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has denounced the state for the crime of “murder by willful omission” two days before polls open on Sunday.