Ecuador Charges Ex-Minister over Presidential Candidate Assassination Case
- Ecuador charged seven people, including former Interior Minister Jose Serrano and Los Lobos cartel leader Wilmer 'Pipo' Chavarria, for their involvement in the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
- Villavicencio, a legislator known for anti-corruption work, was killed at a campaign event in Quito 11 days before the election.
- Jose Serrano allegedly provided Villavicencio's location to Los Lobos, while others coordinated and financed the murder, with Chavarria allegedly planning it in exchange for $1 million.
- Five people linked to the assassination have been sentenced, and several accused remain fugitives abroad with extradition requests pending.
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KahawaTunguEcuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case
QUITO - Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023.
Coinciding with the three years of the assassination of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio , which took place on August 9, 2023, after an act of campaign and when eleven days were missing for the presidential elections, the Attorney General's Office of the State requested, this Sunday, the extradition of the former Minister of the Interior of Correismo, José Serrano, prisoner in the United States, for migration issues; the form…
Fernando Villavicencio REUTERS/Karen Toro The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) of Ecuador formally accused on Saturday (8) seven alleged intellectual authors of the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, among them two former left-wing politicians, a businessman and members of a criminal group. Villavicencio was known for investigating corruption cases involving the leftist government Rafael Correa (2007-2017) when he…
Observador
IOL PortugalFernando Villavicencio, critic of former socialist president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), was shot down on August 9, 2023 by a Colombian assassin in Quito, a week before the elections.
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The prosecution has filed charges against seven additional people in connection with the murder during the 2023 election campaign.
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