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Fernando Villavicencio assassination facilitated by security failures

By Tom Rogan
Published August 10, 2023 8:59pm ET
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Fernando Villavicencio assassination facilitated by security failures
Evoking memories of Pablo Escobar’s assassination of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan in 1989, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down outside of a campaign event on Wednesday. Video records numerous shots ringing out as Villavicencio entered the back seat of a vehicle. Villavicencio had faced escalating threats in recent months by drug […]

Evoking memories of Pablo Escobar’s assassination of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan in 1989, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down outside of a campaign event on Wednesday.

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