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Ecuador removes, investigates security officials after killings of suspects in candidate assassinati
Ecuador removes, investigates security officials after killings of suspects in candidate assassinationReuters UK
October 7, 2023 6:53PM ET
(Reuters) -Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso announced on Saturday a shake up of the high ranks of the security forces following the killing of seven inmates accused in the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
He removed two officials, the prisons director and the head of the police investigations unit, and replaced the head of the national police with Cesar Augusto Zapata Correa, a long-time member of the force with nearly 35 years of experience.
The announcement came after six inmates were killed at the Litoral Penitentiary on Friday and another was killed in a Quito prison Saturday.
Another prisons official in charge of the prison where the six were killed was taken into custody for questioning, according to the president's announcement. Lasso also ordered the transfer of six inmates implicated in Villavicencio's murder for their security.
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