Posted on Aug 11, 2023
After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock
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For years, Ecuador has experienced vicious political infighting, including coups and the persecution and exile of opponents and critical journalists.
But throughout its modern history, the small South American nation has, until this year, been almost entirely free of significant political violence. That has made the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio all the more shocking and traumatic.
For years, Ecuador has experienced vicious political infighting, including coups and the persecution and exile of opponents and critical journalists.
But throughout its modern history, the small South American nation has, until this year, been almost entirely free of significant political violence. That has made the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio all the more shocking and traumatic.
After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock
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Good luck to all who try and stop the violences that plaques some of these South American countries.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."As for ordinary Ecuadorians, many of whom have been clamoring for effective measures to tackle their country's mushrooming public safety crisis, Villavicencio's brutal demise may mark a new reality.
Yet what that reality will look like remains to be seen. It's unclear whether the assassination will drive the kind of security measures from the government and police that Villavicencio himself had been promising to finally stop the drug trade and its associated bloodshed and mayhem — or whether it will leave the cocaine mafias stronger than ever."
..."As for ordinary Ecuadorians, many of whom have been clamoring for effective measures to tackle their country's mushrooming public safety crisis, Villavicencio's brutal demise may mark a new reality.
Yet what that reality will look like remains to be seen. It's unclear whether the assassination will drive the kind of security measures from the government and police that Villavicencio himself had been promising to finally stop the drug trade and its associated bloodshed and mayhem — or whether it will leave the cocaine mafias stronger than ever."
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