QUITO, Ecuador ¨C Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime, was killed on Wednesday evening during a campaign event in northern Quito, authorities said.
Local media reported Villavicencio had been shot, but Ecuador¡¯s police and Interior Ministry did not respond to repeated requests for comment about the details of the killing.
The attorney general¡¯s office said a suspect in the crime later died of injuries sustained in a shoot-out. The violence injured nine other people, including a candidate for the legislature and two police officers.
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