[GEO.TV] In less than a week after the liquidation of the Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, another local politician Pedro Briones was fatally shot at his home in San Mateo by two motorcyclists, sparking concerns about the safety of the leaders as elections are just around the corner.Luisa Gonzalez, one of the main presidential candidates said: "Pedro Briones, a member of the Citizen Revolution Party of former president Rafael Correa, and one of the movement's leaders in the province of Esmeraldas on the border with Colombia, was killed Monday."
"My solidarity with the family of comrade Pedro Briones, new victim of violence," she said on former Twitter, now called X.
"Ecuador is going through its bloodiest period," said Gonzalez, a close former associate of Correa.
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