Hired killer shot the presidential candidate of Ecuador (3 photos + 1 video)

The impudent killer ran up to the politician when he, having finished meeting with voters, got into the car. Others also suffered in the battle. People.





Fernando, 59, killed in Quito, Ecuador Villavicencio. The politician was shot immediately after meeting with voters and rally. To the car that the presidential candidate managed to get into, An unidentified man ran up and started shooting. Villavicencio surrounded a lot of people from the support and protection group. They got it too: feverishly shooting, the killer wounded nine more people. Injured, including two police officers and a candidate for the National Assembly.

The moment of the shooting was caught on video:

Carefully! Video contains a murder scene

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio dies hospital. The deceased was a journalist and was elected to the local parliament. He opposed corruption, illegal mining and drug trafficking, so in parliament he repeatedly had misunderstandings with both the government and the opposition. A year ago a journalist decided to scare him by shooting his house. And a few days before the murder the politician said he received repeated death threats. Warnings came from the leaders of the powerful Mexican cartel Sinaloa. This is one of the many international organized crime groups that are now open operate in Ecuador.



Villavicencio was called one of the main contenders for upcoming presidential elections, but according to media reports, polls voters were not in his favor, and the journalist could hardly win leader race.

As for the hired killer, after the incident, the police detained six suspects. One of them died in a shootout detention. Of course, he did not have time to testify, so his involvement in the execution of the politician has not yet been proven.



Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso condemned the murder of Fernando Villavicencio. He stated that the crime, which was described as terrorist attack, will not go unpunished and suggested that behind the massacre of organized crime is political.

However, it is known that after the assassination of Villavicencio, four of seven candidates for the presidency of Ecuador announced the suspension of their campaigns. Ecuadorian presidential vote, in which was to participate Villavicencio, scheduled for August 20, but will the it is still unknown.