Fernando Villavicencio, the Ecuadorian presidential candidate who was killed following a rally, had received several threats in the leadup to the attack, his campaign manager says.
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Villavicencio, an independent journalist who investigated corruption in previous governments before entering politics as an anti-graft campaigner, was seen in social media videos being ushered to an awaiting truck following the rally in Quito before gunshots rang out. Current Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso said the attackers threw a grenade into the street during their escape, but it never went off and police later detonated it with a controlled blast.
"Given the loss of a democrat and a fighter, the elections are not suspended. On the contrary, they have to be held, and democracy has to be strengthened," Lasso said Thursday.
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