Ecuador's Prosecutors office on November 5, 2026 called seven people, including three leaders of a criminal gang, to stand trial for plotting the 2023 killing of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. A 2024 criminal court sentenced five people for shooting Villavicencio as he left a campaign rally in August 2023 to prison terms ranging from 12 to 34 years.
The call to trial keeps the 2023 killing of Fernando Villavicencio in Ecuador's courts and involves three alleged leaders of a criminal gang in the case.
Ecuador's Prosecutors office said on November 5, 2026 that seven people, including three leaders of a criminal gang, were called to stand trial for plotting the 2023 killing of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
A criminal court in 2024 sentenced five people for shooting and killing Villavicencio as he left a campaign rally in August 2023. The prison terms ranged from 12 to 34 years.
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