Political Assassinations and Rising Violence in Ecuador: The Murder of Pedro Briones and Fernando Villavicencio archyde.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archyde.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ecuadoran media cite a local police source as saying that the victim was shot at his home in the town of San Mateo by two men on a motorcycle who later fled.
The unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate.