A soldier monitors vehicle traffic on the National Unity Bridge that connects the town of Duran with the Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 20, 2023
THE UNPRECEDENTED violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader on Monday, the third political slaying in four weeks.
The fatal shooting of Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, the party of former president Rafael Correa, was confirmed by Luisa Gonzalez, the frontrunner in Sunday’s special presidential election and member of the same party.
The shooting happened in the northern province of Esmeraldas. Details were not immediately available.
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