Mayor Jorge Maldonado was shot dead in Portovelo, Ecuador just days before a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime in the violence-riddled country


by Princeton Clarion

Princeton Clarion— Mayor Jorge Maldonado was shot dead in Portovelo, Ecuador just days before a referendum on tougher measures against organized crime in the violence-riddled country

The Independent—London mayoral election: Londoners struggle to see alternatives to Sadiq Khan just days away from mayoral election. Tory rival Susan Hall calls herself Sadiq Khan’s ‘bête noire’ but some Londoners would be unable to pick the Conservative candidate out of a lineup, Barney Davis writes

BBC—Ecuador voters back tougher security to fight gang violence. In a referendum, Ecuadoreans voted in favour of allowing the military to patrol the country's streets.

Al Jazeera—Ecuadoreans vote on anticrime measures in referendum amid soaring violence. The majority of 11 questions posed to voters on Sunday focus on tightening security measures.