Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, 59, was shot and killed Wednesday by an unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito.
Ecuadorian presidential candidate 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.
The killing comes amid a startling wave of violence in the South American nation, with drug trafficking and violent killings on the rise.
