Ecuadorian authorities say a seventh man accused in the assassination of a presidential candidate in August has been killed inside a prison. The announcement Saturday came a day after six other men allegedly linked to the political crime were slain in a different prison.
After news broke of the prison deaths, Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced he would immediately return from a trip to New York to handle the incident.
Suspected hit men charged in the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have died in prison under mysterious circumstances, days before the country chooses a new president.
Six suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, officials said.
The six inmates who were killed in the infamous Guayas 1 prison were suspected of assassinating of Ecuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in August.
Six Colombians arrested as the alleged assassins of a candidate in Ecuador’s August presidential election were slain Friday inside a prison in Guayaquil, officials announced, without providing details on what happened.
Current president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced he would hold an immediate meeting of the security cabinet after learning about the alleged killers' deaths.
Six inmates who were suspects in the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador were killed Oxt. 6 inside the Litoral Penitentiary, per CBS News.
Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.
A seventh man accused in killing of an Ecuador presidential candidate is slain inside prison | News Channel 3-12 | Since Then
