Five people will go on trial for the crime of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The politician was shot in the head on August 9, 2023 when he was leaving a political event.
The testimony of a protected witness said that the crime was designed by the Lobos gang from the Cotopaxi prison. The FBI supports the investigations of the Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office at the request of Ecuadorian Government. The United States offered a reward of five million dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the conspirators.