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On Friday afternoon, Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio's funeral service was held in Quito. As supporters gathered behind the entrance gate, the viewing for Villavicencio was limited to close friends and relatives. On Wednesday, the 59-year-old anti-corruption journalist was shot and killed after attending a campaign function at a school gym in Quito.

The government revealed Thursday that six suspects linked to the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been identified as Colombian nationals. The six men, who were detained, were suspected of criminal organisations, but the government did not disclose which ones they were affiliated with, but did not specify which ones they belong to. Following Villavicencio's assassination when he walked out of a campaign function in Quito's northern province, less than two weeks before the elections, the arrests took place.