Ecuador: Thousands of soldiers move gang leader Fito

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Ecuador: Thousands of soldiers move gang leader Fito

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Ecuador transferred a powerful gang leader, accused of threatening a presidential candidate before he was slain, to a maximum security prison via a massive military and police operation on Saturday, officials said. 4,000 heavily armed agents were mobilized for the operation.

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Antoinette Radford

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The anti-corruption campaigner Fernando Villavicencio was shot three times in the head leaving a campaign rally.
The day before his assassination, Fernando Villavicencio complained to the Public Prosecutor's Office about alleged irregularities in oil contracts negotiated during former president Rafael Correa's administration which had cost the country US$9 billion
Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito" is accused of sending death threats to Ecuador's murdered presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio.

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08

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2023

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BBC News

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Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio
Ecuador

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Antoinette Radford

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The anti-corruption campaigner Fernando Villavicencio was shot three times in the head leaving a campaign rally.

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Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito" is accused of sending death threats to Ecuador's murdered presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio.

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