yesterday, Wednesday August 9just ten days of the presidential elections from Ecuador, Fernando Villavicenciocandidate to preside over the executive powers of the South American country was shot dead after finishing a campaign act in Quito.
Aged 59, Villavicencio did not have a long career in elective positions, but he did have extensive experience in the public sphere due to his journalistic work and its commitment to the fight against corruption.
Alleged members of ‘Los Lobos’ claim to be the author
A video with around 20 armed and hooded men calling themselves members of the criminal gang ‘Los Lobos’ claimed responsibility for the murder of Fernando Villavicencio, however, the video that was broadcast on social networks has generated doubts about true identity of the authors of the video and the murder.
In the clip, the alleged spokesperson for ‘Los Lobos’ assures:
Good evening Ecuadorian people, we come to give you this statement from our highest leader, ‘Pipo’ and the youngest Esteban. We, the Los Lobos organization, assume responsibility for the events that occurred this afternoon and it will happen again when the corrupt do not keep their word.
Alleged spokesperson for ‘Los Lobos’
Clues warn of the falsehood of the video
The civil collective ‘SOS Prisons’we give up the morning of this August 10 the veracity of statements issued in the video of the alleged ‘Wolves’. This platform observes the prison crisis in the country and reports on the behavior of criminal groups that operate in Ecuador. In the message published through social networks, the group points out several inconsistencies between the message of the video and the recent actions of the criminal group
The statement from “Los Lobos” IS FALSE. The GDO (organized crime group) Los Lobos tries to position since February 2022 the death of its top leader “Pipo”. There are those who say that he is still alive, regardless of this, it would not be coherent to publicize his death, and then attribute such a public murder to him (sic).
SOS Prisons
Previous threats from ‘Los Choneros’
In a announcement released by Fernando Villavicencio’s campaign team, On August 1, a new threat was reported against the politicianwho will have received death messages sent via cell phone by someone who identifies like Fito. who is he ringleader of ‘Los Choneros’.
This was the second threat that Villavicencio received in less than 48 hours. On July 31, Villavicencio revealed that “people linked to alias Fito, in the province of Manabi sent a threat a leader of the movement in the city of Manta.
2023-08-11 00:40:08
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