Is Ecuador succumbing to gang violence and organised crime? | Inside Story

A presidential contender assassinated in broad daylight.
Fernando Villavicencio is the third electoral candidate to be killed in Ecuador in a matter of weeks.
The former investigative journalist campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, accusing government officials of having links to organised crime.
Ecuador is struggling with rising gang violence and drug trafficking.
The president has declared a state of emergency and deployed the army. But will it be enough?
Have criminal groups taken control of politics? And was the shooting a message for other politicians?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests
Manuela Picq, Professor of International Relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, in Ecuador.
Javier Farje, journalist and Latin American Affairs Analyst.
Grace Jaramillo, Professor at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia, and a friend of the late Villavicencio.

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