Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation
Saturday, 12 August 2023 Ecuador will hold six Colombian men for at least a month as the country probes their involvement in the slaying of a presidential candidate whose life’s work was fighting crime and corruption, the national prosecutor's office said Friday. A public ceremony to mourn Fernando Villavicencio was held Friday in the capital convention center, while a separate funeral service was being held for relatives.
Relatives and supporters bid their final farewell to slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in a funeral and a memorial organized in the city of Quito by the Movimiento..
Supporters of assassinated Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio gathered at a public memorial event in Quito on Friday, while his family held a mass at the cemetery where he will be..