Tension due to problems with family members' entry to Villavicencio's wake in Ecuador
11.8.2023 17:58:51
Jose Jacome
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epa10795274 Supporters of murdered presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio gather in front of the funeral home where his wake is being held, in Quito, Ecuador, on 11 August 2023. Relatives of Fernando Villavicencio, the presidential candidate of Ecuador who was assassinated last 09 August, denounced this 11 August that his wife does not let them enter the funeral home where the wake is being held. The body of Villavicencio, who was shot dead on 09 August afternoon after leaving a rally in a school, has been lying since 10 August in a funeral home in the north of Quito, where he was transferred after an autopsy was performed at the Center of Legal Medicine. EPA-EFE/Jose Jacome