Ecuador murder: Fernando Villavicencio's running-mate action in to contest election

The running-mate of a killed Ecuadorian politician is to object to the presidential political election in his area.

Fernando Villavicencio was shot three times in the head after a project rally in Quito. Cops say all suspects are Colombian.

His Construye celebration stated it would put Andrea Gonzalez forward as its presidential prospect.

The party included that it remained in the procedure of picking a vice-presidential candidate for the August 20 election.

Ms Gonzalez, 36, whose job has actually primarily concentrated on ecological issues, is because of take part in Sunday'' s governmental argument in the resources.

The celebration said on social media that she would certainly "assure the legacy" of Mr Villavicencio "and also numerous Ecuadorians will certainly accompany her in this purpose".

The prospect for the vice-presidency would certainly come from "the most relied on of those that have shared the struggles of sidekick Fernando Villavicencio", the party added.

Mr Villavicencio, 59, a former journalist and also participant of the country'' s nationwide setting up, was shot three times in the head as he left a public occasion in the resources on Wednesday.

One aggressor was eliminated in an exchange of fire with police while several others left.

His death has shocked a country that has actually mostly escaped the years of drug-gang violence, cartel battles and also corruption that has blighted many of its neighbours. Criminal activity has actually however soared over the last few years, sustained by the growth of Colombian as well as Mexican drug cartels.

Mr Villavicencio'' s campaign focused on corruption and gangs, and was among just a few prospects to affirm web links in between organised criminal activity and federal government officials in Ecuador.

On Saturday, his widow, Veronica Sarauz, informed a press conference that she held the state responsible for her husband'' s death."The state still has to give many answers concerning every little thing that happened, his personal guards did refrain from doing their job, "she said.

"I do not wish to think that they marketed my husband to be killed in this well known way."Ms Sarauz additionally shared her annoyance that Ms Gonzalez had been called as her spouse ' s replacement to oppose the presidential political election. According to Interior Priest Juan Zapata, 6 Colombians have actually been detained, who were members of organised criminal groups, Ecuadorian Head of state Guillermo Lasso has actually called on the FBI to help investigate Mr Villavicencio ' s fatality.

3 men considered extremely unsafe by Ecuador ' s authorities have actually been moved from a prison in the port city of Guayaquil where they were prisoners in an optimal security prison. They consisted of Jose Adolfo Macias, called"Fito", the leader of one of Ecuador ' s primary organised criminal activity teams from whom Mr Villavicencio said he ' d obtained death risks. Mr Villavicencio, that was

wed as well as had 5 kids, was among eight candidates in the preliminary of the'election-although he was not the frontrunner and also was ballot around the center of the pack.

Patricia Villavicencio, his sister, claimed "this criminal offense can ' t go unpunished ... We are hurting, with a broken heart, there is no justice, there is no defense".