A candidate running on an anti-corruption platform in the Ecuadorian presidential election was assassinated when a gunman reportedly approached the vehicle Fernando Villavicencio had just entered after a campaign event and opened fire, CNN reports.
Villavicencio had campaigned against the “political mafia” and said Ecuador had become a “narco state.” President Guillermo Lasso has called an emergency Cabinet meeting to decide how to proceed with the election, the first round of voting for which is scheduled for August 20th, ten days away.