Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio | |
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Part of the Ecuadorian security crisis | |
![]() Villavicencio in January 2023 | |
Location | Colegio Anderson, Quito, Ecuador |
Coordinates | 0°10′09″S 78°29′02″W / 0.16917°S 78.48389°W[1] |
Date | 9 August 2023 6:20 p.m. ET[2] (UTC−05:00) |
Target | Fernando Villavicencio |
Attack type | Assassination, mass shooting |
Weapons | 9mm pistol, .223 rifle, submachine guns, grenades[3] |
Deaths | 2 (Villavicencio and one suspect) |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrators | Los Lobos (gang)[4][5][6][7]
Planning: Carlos Edwin Angulo Lara, Laura Castillo and three accomplices [a][8] Material: Johan David Castillo López and six others[b] |
Motive | Contract killing; mastermind or motive unknown[9] |
Accused | 6[10] |
On 9 August 2023, eleven days before the 2023 Ecuadorian general election, presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated after leaving a campaign rally in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. One assailant was killed during the attack. Several bystanders, including security personnel and a legislative candidate, were injured.[11]
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