Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case

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Ecuador has charged a former minister and others, including the leader of the Los Lobos cartel, with indirect involvement in the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. Authorities are intensifying efforts on this high-profile criminal case.

Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.