Ecuador presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner said a shoot-out occurred on Saturday outside a restaurant where he and his family were eating, a day before the election and not long after another candidate was assassinated.
A video on social media showed Sonnenholzner greeting a supporter in a sunny restaurant and preparing to take a selfie, before shots sound outside.Sonnenholzner has hardened his discourse around crime since the murder of Villavicencio, repeatedly promising his supporters that should he be elected, criminals who use violence against citizens will be shot by police.
Fellow presidential candidate Daniel Noboa on Thursday said there was an attack on his campaign caravan in Duran, but police later said the shooting was not directed at Noboa, son of prominent banana businessman and former presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa. Meanwhile, Francisco Tamariz, the mayor of the coastal city of La Libertad, said on X on Saturday that shots were fired on Friday at a truck in which he and his wife were riding.
Tamariz alleged police involvement. Police said they would hold a press conference about the incident. Tamariz said he would complain to the attorney general's office.in July. The police said on Friday morning they detained four people in his killing.Our Standards:
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