A local organizer in Ecuador's Esmeraldas province for the political movement founded by ex-President Rafael Correa, was assassinated on Monday, party leaders said, less than a week after a presidential candidate was murdered.
QUITO, Aug 14 - A local organizer in Ecuador's Esmeraldas province for the political movement founded by ex-President Rafael Correa, was assassinated on Monday, party leaders said, less than a weekEcuadoreans go to the polls on Sunday to vote in early presidential elections after out-going President Guillermo LassoHowever, voting will take place amid high levels of criminality in the South American country, with soaring incidents of violence and murder in cities and in prisons, which Lasso...
"Ecuador is living its bloodiest moment. We owe this to the total abandonment of an inept government and a state taken over by mafias," Gonzalez said. The murder sent shockwaves throughout Ecuador and has prompted leading candidates to promise tough approaches to crime during their campaigns.
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