
← Audio | InSight Crime1 sep · 27 min
The InSight Take: Who Killed Fernando Villavicencio? Ecuador's Reckoning
<p>Three years after presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, Ecuador is closing in on an answer to who ordered the murder. This week on The InSight Take, Deborah Bonello and senior investigator James Bargent break down the case against seven alleged masterminds, and why it's become a test of whether Ecuador can hold its political-criminal elite accountable.</p><p><em>[08:00] The original version of this transcript wrongly stated Xavier Jordán had been sentenced on corruption charges. Jordán has been charged in relation to corruption in the hospital system and in the Metastasis investigation but neither case has yet gone to trial and he has not been convicted on any charges.</em></p><p>More at InSightCrime.org</p><p>Story ideas: flagship@insightcrime.org</p><p>#Ecuador #OrganizedCrime #InSightCrime</p>