Bogotá, March 18, 2026 (AFP) - Colombia detains alleged mastermind of Ecuadoran candidate assassination

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Colombian immigration authorities said Wednesday they had arrested an Ecuadoran drug trafficker linked to the 2023 murder of a popular candidate just before Ecuador's presidential election. Angel Aguilar is suspected of ordering the killing of Fernando Villavicencio, a former journalist turned anti-graft campaigner who was well placed in opinion polls ahead of the vote. He was killed by gunmen riding motorcycles on August 9, 2023 as he left a cam......

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