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FILE - The remains of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio arrive to Camposanto Monteolivo cemetery for burial in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 11, 2023, after the 59-year-old was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9 in Quito. Ecuador's National Court of Justice began the trial for Villavicencio's assassination on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in which the authors of the killing will be prosecuted. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega, File)

Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio

By Gonzalo Solano - Associated Press

A supporter of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio holds his photo and a drum outside the cemetery during his funeral in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The 59-year-old was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9 in Quito. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador holds 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

By Gabriela Molina and Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves an Ecuador national flag during a campaign event at a school minutes before he was shot to death outside the same school in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 (API via AP)

Slain Ecuador candidate fearlessly took on drug cartels and corruption

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