Ecuador court sentences five people for up to 34 years in candidate murder

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…

Ecuador court sentences suspects in candidate murder

The 2023 murder of Ecuador's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio made him one of the most prominent victims of the country’s spiraling violence.

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

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…

Sentencian en Ecuador con la pena máxima a asesinos materiales de Villavicencio

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — 11 meses después del asesinato del entonces candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio y tras varias denuncias de tropiezos durante el proceso judicial, un tribunal de Ecuador dictó la sentencia máxima para los autores y cómplices en este crimen ocurrido el 9 de agosto de 2023, cuando la víctima salía de un mitin en Quito en medio de la campaña. La Fiscalía General del Estado informó que, sobre la base de …

Ecuador: Five jailed over murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio

Prosecutors accused at least two of those tried of belonging to the Los Lobos crime gang - one of around 22 criminal gangs designated as terrorists.