A team from the U.S. FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is set to arrive in Ecuador to assist in the inquiry into the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Following an electoral event in Quito, he was tragically killed in a suspected assassination plot. Ecuador’s President, Guillermo Lasso, confirmed the FBI’s impending arrival, highlighting that […]
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