How Ecuador reached the shocking point of a political assassination
Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.
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Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce critic of cartels and corruption, was shot on Wednesday. "There is no precedent for this in our country's recent history," one analyst says.
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A presidential candidate in Ecuador is shot and killed at a campaign event
NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Samantha Schmidt of The Washington Post about Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was assassinated following his campaign event Wednesday.
A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at campaign event
Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country's capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said.
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