Alexandra Villavicencio, sister of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, gives statements to the press after the reading of the sentence of those charged with the murder of Villavicencio, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, July 12, 2024. Villavicencio was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
FILE - The coffin that contains the remains of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio arrives to the Camposanto Monteolivo cemeter, in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 11, 2023, after the 59-year-old was fatally shot at a political rally. The trial against five defendants as alleged perpetrators and accomplices of the murder of the Villavicencio entered its final stage on Friday, July 12, 2024.(AP Photo/Carlos Noriega, File)
Supporters of the slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio await the sentencing of the five defendants on trial for the murder of the former presidential candidate, in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, July 12, 2024. Villavicencio was fatally shot at a political rally on Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)