The InSight Take: Who Killed Fernando Villavicencio? Ecuador’s Reckoning.
Ecuador · Latin America + Caribbean region
Single-source report, not yet corroborated. <p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/news/the-insight-take-who-killed-fernando-villavicencio-ecuadors-reckoning/">The InSight Take: Who Killed Fernando Villavicencio? Ecuador’s Reckoning.</a></p>
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<p>Three years after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, Ecuador is closing in on an answer to who ordered the murder. This week on The InSight Take, Deborah Bonello and senior investigator James Bargent break down the case against seven alleged masterminds, and why it's become a test of whether Ecuador can hold its political-criminal elite accountable.</p>
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