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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…

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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

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They were sentenced to heavy sentences for the murder of Fernando Villavicencio, who was shot dead in Quito in August 2023.

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A court in Ecuador has sentenced five people to 12 and 34 years in prison for their involvement in the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. He was shot dead in August last year in the capital Quito after speaking at a campaign rally two weeks before the elections. The shooter was killed in a shootout after the attack. Shortly after the murder of 59-year-old Villavicencio, several people were arrested, mostly Colombians…

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A Haber broke the news in Türkiye on Friday, July 12, 2024.
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