According to local media, Pedro Briones was shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle at his home in northern Esmeraldas province, a notoriously lawless area. His killing comes just five days after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was gunned down in the capital, Quito. Ecuador’s murder rate has surged as local gangs have forged alliances with […]

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