The Ecuadorian presidential candidate had just left a campaign event and got into a waiting car when gunshots were fired from the crowd.
Villacencio, a 59-year-old former journalist and former Assembly member, was one of eight candidates running for the country's top role on August 20. He was a key anti-corruption figure who had been outspoken about condemning the ties between crime and politics in the country.
People take cover after shots were fired at the end of a rally of Ecuadorian presidential cadidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, on August 9, 2023. Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing Interior Minister Juan Zapata.A suspect in the presidential candidate's assassination died from the injuries sustained in the shootout that followed Villavicencio's murder.
In this picture: Former Assembly member and presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, speaks to journalists upon his arrival at the Attorney General's Office in Quito on August 8, 2023.Read more
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