Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio
Thewill hang heavy over Ecuadorian voters as they choose a new president this weekend, following the latest eruption of drug cartel violence in the once-peaceful nation.
“It is a process of total deterioration of social conditions, in places that didn’t know violence,” he said. Zurita, who was present when his friend was shot, said he believed Villavicencio had been assassinated because he planned to militarise the country’s ports – key gateways for cocaine smuggling.Police have arrested six suspects in the murder – all described as members of Colombian crime factions; another was killed in a shootout.
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