Six Colombian men have been arrested as suspects in the assassination of an anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate, a police report said. Authorities say they were captured hiding in a house in Quito, Ecuador’s capital.
QUITO, Ecuador — The six men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an anti-corruption Ecuadorian presidential candidate are Colombian nationals, a police report said Thursday as authorities investigated the motive for a crime that shocked a nation already reeling from a surge in drug-related violence.
Ecuador’s interior minister, Juan Zapata, had earlier confirmed the arrest of some foreigners in the case, although he didn’t give their nationalities. Villavicencio had said he was threatened by affiliates of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, one of a slew of international organized crime groups that now operate in Ecuador. He said his campaign represented a threat to such groups.
An Ecuadorian presidential candidate known for speaking up against corruption has been shot and killed at a political rally in Quito. The candidate had received at least three death threats before the shooting and reported them to authorities, resulting in one detention, the adviser said.
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