Five people on trial for the murder nearly a year ago of Ecuador’s centrist presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was shot dead in Quito in August 2023, were sentenced to heavy prison terms on Friday, Agence France-Presse found. The main defendant, Carlos Angulo, an alleged member of one of the most dangerous gangs plaguing the country, was “sentenced to serve 34 years and eight months” in prison for planning and ordering the assassination of the politician from prison, according to the verdict. which was read at the close of the trial. The same sentence was handed down to Laura Castillo, who supplied guns, money, cars and motorcycles to the group of Colombian hitmen who killed Villavicencio on August 9, 2023, as he was leaving a campaign rally in a hall in northern Quito. The other defendants, Eric Ramirez, Victor Flores and Alexandra Cimbo, were sentenced to 12 years in prison for accessory to murder. In the first instance decision it may […]
Source: News Beast
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