Ecuador court sentences five people for up to 34 years in candidate murder
- Five people involved in the murder of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have received prison sentences.
- Two instigators, Angulo and Castillo, were sentenced to 34 years and eight months each.
- Three accomplices, Ramirez, Flores, and Chimbo, were sentenced to 12 years each as requested by the Prosecutor's Office.
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Five people convicted for the assassination in Ecuador of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, killed by bullets in Quito in August 2023, were sentenced on Friday to heavy prison terms, AFP reports, citing Agerpres. The main accused, Carlos Angulo, 31 years old, allegedly a member of one of the dangerous gangs that terrorize the country, "is sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison" for planning and ordering the assassination o…
La Justicia de Ecuador ha condenado este viernes a 34 años y ocho meses de cárcel a los líderes de la organización criminal ecuatoriana Los Lobos, Carlos Angulo y Laura Castillo, como autores del asesinato en agosto de 2023 del candidato a la presidencia de Ecuador, Fernando Villavicencio. Tras ocho días de juicio, el Tribunal ha declarado por unanimidad a Angulo y Castillo culpables de un delito de "asesinato con agravantes", por el que cada un…
Candidate for president of the country died on August 9, 2023 with a gunshot wound to the head while leaving a political event
In Ecuador, five people have been sentenced to prison terms of between 12 and 34 years for the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year. The five arrested are linked to one of the largest criminal groups in Ecuador - Los Lobos, reports the BBC, reports Tanjug
Fernando Villavicencio was last year killed by gunfire after a campaign rally. Several have been sentenced to prison
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