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Ecuador's President Declares State of Emergency After Assassination
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0:57Now PlayingEcuador’s president declared a 60-day state of emergency in the Andean nation after the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, calling the killing an assault on the country’s democracy.
“The armed forces, from this moment on, will mobilize in the whole national territory to guarantee the security of citizens, the tranquility of the country and free, democratic elections on Aug. 20,” President Guillermo Lasso said early Thursday after an emergency meeting of his security cabinet.
“We need to be united now more than ever,” Lasso added.
Villavicencio was killed Wednesday in Quito, sparking a shootout between the assassins and the candidate’s protective detail, Lasso said, adding that the attackers also threw a hand grenade that failed to explode. One suspect died after the attack, nine people were wounded and six suspects have been arrested, the president said.
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