Ecuador's prison authorities revealed that six suspects in the August murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were assassinated in a Guayaquil jail.
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Following the killing of seven inmates accused of involvement in Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassination, President Guillermo Lasso announced a major restructuring of the high-ranking security forces on Saturday.
Seven men arrested in the assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate were found dead in the notorious Guayaquil prison where they were being held, authorities said. The causes of death of the seven suspects were not immediately clear, but Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso described them as “violent deaths.”