Before assassination, Fernando Villavicencio denounced threats from criminal group linked to Sinaloa Cartel

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Before assassination, Fernando Villavicencio denounced threats from criminal group linked to Sinaloa Cartel

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The politician claimed in a video that Los Choneros, a local arm of the Mexican organization, would attack him if he continued to refer to them during his presidential campaign

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Rodrigo Soriano

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Ecuadorian politician Fernando Villavicencio told the media that Los Choneros, a local armed wing of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, had threatened to kill him if he kept speaking about them and their criminal activities.
Villavicencio had vowed to crack down on criminal groups, often saying at rallies that the time for threats was over and that he would bring down drug trafficking. He told his supporters in early July 2023 that he was not afraid of death and that the only thing criminals could do was kill him, but that this would liberate an entire people.

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08

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2023

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12

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El País

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Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
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https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-08-10/before-assassination-fernando-villavicencio-denounced-threats-from-criminal-group-linked-to-sinaloa-cartel.html

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Rodrigo Soriano

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Ecuadorian politician Fernando Villavicencio told the media that Los Choneros, a local armed wing of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, had threatened to kill him if he kept speaking about them and their criminal activities.

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Villavicencio had vowed to crack down on criminal groups, often saying at rallies that the time for threats was over and that he would bring down drug trafficking. He told his supporters in early July 2023 that he was not afraid of death and that the only thing criminals could do was kill him, but that this would liberate an entire people.

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