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US offers $5m reward for insight into Ecuador election assassination
US Secretary of State Blinken announced the reward as part of an ongoing probe into Fernando Villavicencio’s death.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the FBI is collaborating with Ecuadorian police to probe the murder of Fernando Villavicencio [File: Blair Gable/Pool via Reuters]
Published On 29 Sep 2023
29 Sep 2023
The United States has announced a reward of up to $5m for information into the killing of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
“Multiple assassins attacked Mr Villavicencio, the Movimiento Construye party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, as he left a Quito campaign event on August 9,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken explained in a statement on Thursday.
The assassination sent shockwaves through Ecuador, which was, at the time, 11 days away from holding its general elections.
Blinken’s statement comes in the lead-up to a run-off election on October 15 to determine Ecuador’s next president.
More:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/29/us-offers-5m-reward-for-insight-into-ecuador-election-assassination