The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio marks a “disturbing moment” for the region and democracy, his successor and former running mate said.
The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio marks a “disturbing moment” for the region and democracy, his successor and former running mate Andrea González Náder has told CNN in an exclusive interview.
They did not protect him as they should have protected him,” Sarauz told a news conference on Saturday. The 59-year-old was laid to rest in a private ceremony at the Monteolivo cemetery in northern Quito on Friday. “The state still has to give many answers about everything that happened. His personal guards did not do their job,” she said. Villavicencio’s assassination prompted an outpouring of condemnation from inside Ecuador and around the world.
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