FILE - Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 9, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. Seven people wearing military uniforms were killed on Feb. 28, 2024 in Ecuador's Amazon amid the decreed state of emergency that has increased police and military control aimed at lowering violence by criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)
FILE - Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio waves a national flag during a campaign event at a school minutes before he was shot to death outside the same school, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 9, 2023. The Attorney General's Office asked on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, to call to trial six suspects involved in the murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio in August of last year and argued that his death was planned from a maximum security prison cell by an organization linked to the criminal group Los Lobos. (API via AP File)