<p>The Biden administration reportedly plans to send <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI agents</a> to Ecuador to investigate the assassination of right-wing presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was shot multiple times on Wednesday after leaving a political rally.</p>
<p>Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso posted on X that he requested aid from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.</p>
<p>&#8220;The U.S. Federal Investigation and Intelligence Agency accepted our request and in the next few hours a delegation will arrive in the country,&#8221; Lasso <a href="https://twitter.com/LassoGuillermo/status/1689698931326713857" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.</p>
<p>In comments reported by <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/americas/ecuador-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>, Lasso said, &#8220;Organized crime has come a long way, but the full weight of the law will fall on them,&#8221; and declared a national state of emergency for 60 days, three days of national mourning, and deployed armed forces across the country.</p>
<p>Although FBI officials have not confirmed the report, it&#8217;s common for the bureau to launch investigations in allied nations, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-10/us-sending-fbi-to-ecuador-to-help-probe-candidate-s-killing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Villavicencio, a journalist who covered government corruption before entering politics, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/right-wing-presidential-candidate-assassinated-in-ecuador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> ten days before the presidential election was scheduled. The 59-year-old candidate reportedly campaigned on building safety in the country by focusing on five pillars: citizens, food, economics, environment, and health.</p>
<p>Villavicencio was married and is survived by five children, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-villavicencio-presidential-candidate-killed-ee9c726b82c09e16e5dacde2d6f005ff" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, an outspoken opponent of organized crime, is a brazen attack on democracy and the rule of law,&#8221; Brian Nichols, the assistant U.S. Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/WHAAsstSecty/status/1689616668341755904" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X. &#8220;We urge a swift and thorough investigation by the appropriate authorities and offer our support.&#8221;</p>
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<p>National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told CNN it was not what &#8220;anybody would want&#8221; for Ecuadorean democracy.</p>
<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the assassination of the Ecuadorian presidential candidate and offered condolences to his family and the people of Ecuador in a statement on X.</p>
<p>&#8220;We stand ready to support local authorities to bring the perpetrators of this heinous act to justice,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>According to CNN, at least nine other people were injured in the incident, including a candidate for the National Assembly and two police officers.</p>
<p>Ecuador&#8217;s Attorney General&#8217;s Office said authorities arrested the seven suspects, including the alleged killer, who later died from wounds received while he exchanged gunfire with a security detail.</p>
<p>The suspects allegedly include foreign nationals and members of organized criminal groups, according to Interior Minister Juan Zapata, who said authorities found a rifle, a machine gun, four pistols, three grenades, two rifle magazines, four boxes of ammunition, two motorcycles, and a stolen vehicle.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Ecuadorian people are crying, and Ecuador is mortally wounded,&#8221; Patricio Zuquilanda, Villavicencio&#8217;s campaign adviser, told the Associated Press. &#8220;Politics cannot lead to the death of any member of society.&#8221;</p>
<p>Villavicencio was known for speaking up against cartels, who have recently started using the country&#8217;s coastal ports and have revamped violence in the South American nation not seen in decades. According to the Associated Press, Mexico&#8217;s Sinaloa cartel affiliates had recently threatened him after the group began operating in Ecuador.</p>
<p>In 2014, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for allegedly slandering former left-wing President Rafael Correa, according to a report from Bloomberg&#8217;s Latin America news division. He remained a fugitive for three years and was granted political asylum in Peru, where he stayed until 2017.</p>
<p>After returning to the country, Villavicencio went to Ecuador&#8217;s attorney general and accused the government of misusing public resources in the &#8220;commercialization of crude oil between Ecuador and private company PetroChina,&#8221; which he estimated resulted in billions of dollars in loss for the country.</p>
<p>During his final speech moments before being assassinated, Villavicencio vowed to imprison more criminals, take on corruption in Ecuador, and directly named José Adolfo Macía — better known by the alias &#8220;Fito&#8221; — the detained leader of the Ecuadorian gang known as Los Choneros.</p>
<p>&#8220;Here I am showing my face,&#8221; Villavicencio said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not scared of them.&#8221;</p>

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