Lasso assures that “the full weight of the law will fall” on the assassins of the candidate Fernando Villavicencio

The president of Ecuadorthe conservative William Lassoexpressed this Wednesday his dismay at the shooting death of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and has promised that the crime will not go unpunished.

“Outraged and shocked by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. My solidarity and my condolences with his wife and his daughters. For his memory and for his fight, I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished.”, wrote Lasso on social networks.

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In addition, he reported that he has called a meeting at the presidential palace in carondeletin the historic center of Quitoto the call Security Cabinet made up of executive authorities and other state functions.

Outraged and shocked by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. My solidarity and my condolences with his wife and his daughters. For his memory and for his fight, I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished.

The Security Cabinet will meet in…

— Guillermo Lasso (@LassoGuillermo) August 10, 2023

“The Security Cabinet will meet in a few minutes in Carondelet. I have asked the president of the CNE (National Electoral Council), Diana Atamaint; to the State Attorney General, Diana Salazar; to the president of the National Court of Justice, Ivan Saquicela; and to the other State authorities who urgently attend this meeting to discuss this fact that has dismayed the countryLasso said.

“Organized crime has come a long way, but the full weight of the law will fall on them”, remarked the head of state, in whose mandate the greatest insecurity crisis that the country has endured has exploded due to the proliferation and violent actions of gangs linked, according to the authorities, to international drug trafficking mafias.

The crime in Villavicencio occurred at the end of the afternoon on the outskirts of a coliseum where the applicant had gathered supporters within the framework of the electoral campaign ahead of next year’s elections. 20th of August.

Villavicencio, identified as a staunch critic of the former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), mobilized with police protection in the face of threats he had received weeks before.

Villavicencio’s murder occurred at a time when the country is experiencing an escalation of violence due to the action of criminal gangs on a national scale that also recently claimed the life of the mayor of Blanket, Augustine Intriagoand a candidate for assembly for the northern province of emeralds.

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Multiple reports of murders, massacres, extortions, attacks with explosives, among other crimes, are reproduced daily, which have sown terror among Ecuadorians who have suffered from this type of violent acts for a little over two years.

Precisely, the fight against crime has been one of the main promises of the candidates who aspire to succeed the conserved William Lassowho is not running for re-election.

In addition, from Villavicencio, for the presidential elections on August 20, the environmentalist had registered Yaku Perezthe correista Luis Gonzalezthe security expert Jan Topicthe former vice president Otto Sonnenholznerthe politician Daniel Hervasbusinessman Daniel Noboa and the independent Bolivar Armijos.

Source: Elcomercio

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