US offers $5m reward for information on Ecuador election assassination
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1970-01-01 08:00
The US wants to find those behind the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last month.

The US has offered a $5m (£4.1m) reward for details leading to the arrest of the "masterminds" who orchestrated the assassination of an Ecuadorean presidential candidate.

Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned against corruption, was shot dead at a rally in August.

Organised crime was behind...

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