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Presidential candidate assassinated at rally in Ecuador

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August 10, 2023

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed at a campaign rally in the capital Quito. Ecuador is suffering its worst security crisis in recent history as rival Mexican cartels fight for control of drug-trafficking routes.

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