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Military police guard the presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, August 10, 2023
THE SIX men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate are Colombian nationals, a police report said on Thursday.
The six men were captured hiding in a house in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, the report said. Officers also seized four shotguns, a rifle, ammunition and three grenades, along with a vehicle and a motorcycle, it said.
Fernando Villavicencio, 59, who was known for speaking up against drug cartels, was assassinated in Quito on Wednesday, less than two weeks before a special presidential election.
DAVID RABY reports on the progressive administration in Mexico, which continues to overcome far-left wreckers on the edges of a teaching union, the murderous violence of the cartels, the ploys of the traditional right wing, and Trump’s provocations
Noboa’s second term looks set to deepen his neoliberal policies: reduced public investment, privatization, cuts to social programmes, and militarisation, says PILAR TROYA FERNANDEZ
