Six people arrested in connection with the assassination of a popular presidential candidate in Ecuador, as well as one attacker who was shot dead, are all Colombians, police say
Villavicencio's body was transported from a forensic lab to a funeral home north of Quito for a private wake. / Photo: AFP
One of the alleged attackers was shot and killed by security personnel, and six other people were arrested.Previously, Interior Minister Juan Zapata had indicated that the suspects in the killing of Fernando Villavicencio were all foreigners. Villavicencio's body was transported from a forensic lab to a funeral home north of Quito for a private wake.a two-month state of emergency and wrote on social media that he had"requested the support of the FBI" with the investigation into the murder.
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