Seven charged over Ecuador candidate plot
The Public Prosecutor's Office in Ecuador has filed charges against seven individuals, including a former Interior Minister, a deputy, and a businessman, for orchestrating the assassination of presidential candidate Válenciaso in 2023. He was shot dead 11 days before the election and was in second place in the polls. According to investigations, the operation was funded and planned by a businessman residing in the United States, with the Los Lobos gang involved in both planning and execution. The charges include providing the gang with information and coordinating the killings, with a payment of one million dollars to the main accused. The suspected perpetrator of the attack was killed, and five others have been taken into custody.
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