Villavicencio: Family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate accuse state of 'murder by w
The family of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has accused the state of the crime of “murder by willful omission” two days before polls open on Sunday. The Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to CNN that they received a complaint from the family on Friday. The complaint names President Guillermo Lasso and the Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, essentially accusing the government of failing to protect him. “They had to watch over the life of Fernando Villavicencio, knowing that he was a journalist who had [received] many threats,” said the family’s lawyer, Marco Yaulema.
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