Brigitte García, 27, and her communications director were found dead in a car. The Ecuadorian government, which had issued a state of emergency, condemned the crime.
The authorities have not yet commented on the possible motive and the alleged perpetrators of this event. It is not the first murder of an authority or political figure in the midst of the violence that has overwhelmed Ecuador in recent years. D.S. Johnson: The murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio shocked the country shortly before the elections.