Killing of Ecuador's presidential hopeful inflames crisis

Ecuador has plunged deeper into crisis after an anti-corruption presidential candidate was assassinated, less than two weeks before elections. Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday declared a 60-day state of emergency, a three-day nationwide state of mourning and mobilized troops in response to the mafia-style killing on Wednesday. Lasso, who is not running for president himself, said early presidential and parliamentary elections are to go ahead as scheduled on August 20. Gunmen fired at presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio as he got in a car following a political rally at ...