Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated

President Guillermo Lasso confirms death of Villavicencio and says crime ‘will not go unpunished’

Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio has been killed, the country’s president Guillermo Lasso has said, vowing the “crime will not go unpunished”.

Local media had earlier reported Villavicencio, a former lawmaker who had been polling at 7.5%, had been shot at a campaign event in Quito.