Second Ecuadoran Mayor Killed Ahead Of Anti-crime Referendum: Police
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Barron's— The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such killings in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organized crime, police said.
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CNN—Prison director killed in attack as Ecuador votes in referendum focused on crime. The director of an Ecuadorian prison known as “El Rodeo” was killed Sunday in an attack that came as millions of people in the country headed to the polls for a referendum focused largely on President Daniel Noboa’s war on crime. The official was identified in a news release by Ecuador’s national prisons agency SNAI as Cosme Damián Parrales Merchán, the director of the Manabi region prison, but no more details around his death were shared. Ecuador Prosecutor’s Office reported that another person...