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In Guayas, the Ecuadorian councilwoman was executed in broad daylight. Diana Carnero, 29, had just wrapped up a council meeting in Naranjal on Wednesday afternoon and was filming a video documenting the bad road conditions when she was assaulted. According to investigators, two male perpetrators approached her on a motorcycle and shot her in the head before fleeing.

According to a former high-ranking official, the leader of one of Ecuador's most influential cartels allegedly slipped past his prison guards while out walking to a doctor's office. During an inspection of his prison cell inside the Zonal Penitentiary No. 4's maximum-security Wing, José 'Fito' Macas was discovered missing. On Sunday, there were 8 people in Guayaquil. On Christmas Day, Macas had a planned appointment but never made it back to the port city jail.

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.

Fernando Villavicencio, Ecuadoria's presidential nominee, had to cancel an in-person interview with a Colombian cable television news network a week before being assassinated. Villavicencio, 59, had been scheduled to speak with NTN24 program director Ruth Del Salto on August 1 in Guayaquil, Ecuador, just hours after he was shotgunned down after leaving a campaign function at a school in Quito. According to Ecuador's Attorney General's Office, nine people were wounded, including a candidate for the National Assembly and two police officers.

Who killed Fernando Villavicencio?How does his murder impact the Ecuadorian presidential election? Here are the key takeaways from Ecuador's presidential assassination. Villavicencio, a former journalist known for combating graft, said last week that the leader of a drug cartel posed a danger to his crew and his team.

Fernando Villavicencio, 59, was shot in the head while leaving a campaign rally in Quito on Wednesday evening and was declared dead in hospital. Last week, the former journalist, who was a member of Ecuador's National Assembly before it was dissolved in May, said that drug dealers had threatened him. We were a few meters outside the college gates, and as we were leaving there was a barrage of 40 bullets,' Gabo Valencia, Villavicencio's uncle said.' 'Some people were injured, some of whom were critically wounded, and Fernando was unfortunately shot in the head.' He had just announced that he had died, according to the medical team. It's an indescribable pain for the family.' President Guillermo Lasso has promised that the murderers will be brought to justice.

TEXCLUSIVE: Three young women in Ecuador's murders have put a spotlight on a surge of violence in a world where drug gangs have brought a country to its knees. Although the three friends' unethical killings on a beach trip were not linked to the cocaine trade, the drug lords' shadow hangs over every facet of Ecuador's recent violent crime wave. The discovery of Nayeli Tapia, 22 (right in group photo), Yuliana Macias, 21 (centre in group photo), and 19-year-old Denisse Reyna (left), all with their throats cut, added three more people to the horrific figure, which has seen the murder rate soar to historic highs from 2020 to 2021.

Carlos El Diablo's (right, standing under his baseball cap, worn back to front but dropped down low) eyes were full of skepticism, despite his persistent fear. He rolled around on CCTV cameras, looking tensely left, right, and then back over his shoulder. Suddenly, the lanky 30something pointed to a corner of the restaurant by a window. We sat down. First, I had to prove that I understood the ground rules. He should not be identified under no circumstances, and there are no pictures of him that have been published without his permission. According to him, doing so would result in almost certain death. And if I broke my word? I quickly knew that my personal life would also be in jeopardy. Seated in front of me in a popular tourist eaterie in Ecuador's port of Guayaquil, the gateway to Pacific beaches and the Galapagos Islands, but also one of the world's most dangerous cities, he said, was a member of a street gang that sold illicit cocaine to Western Europe from Albanian 'narcos'. As seen in the Mail documentary, a shocking video (left) shows how an assassin murdered a notorious Albanian drug lord.