Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of vote on measures against organised crime • FRANCE 24

Second Ecuadoran mayor killed ahead of vote on measures against organised crime • FRANCE 24

the Ecuadorian police confirmed the
death of Jor Maldonado major of ptoo who
was shot to dead has the second major
kill in less than three days and the
third to die in Ecuador since the
president Danielle Novoa declared the
start of an internal armed conflict at
the beginning of January according to
the authorities Maldonado was shot by
two criminals driving motorcycles while
the victim was on personal activities
just this past Wednesday the major of
another small town in the south the
country Camilo Pon Enriquez was also
shot in similar circumstances and also
major Brigette Garcia from San viente
was found dead along with her
communications director in her car with
G wounds the killing of Malon happens a
few hours before of a referendum in
which the ecuadorians will go to the
pools to vote a plan of 11 questions and
to approve or reject measures to Def
fight violence in the country we have to
say the directors say the referendum is
unnecessary and will allow NOA to push
other areas of his agenda criminal gangs
allied with drug trafficking are another
of the problems that Ecuador is living
right now that is why in the referendum
one of the questions that will be asked
to the people is whether they agreed to
allow the extradition of any of them in
cases taken by Justice currently the
Constitution establishes that no
equadorian may be extradited and the
referendum proposes a change for this to
happen as well as a reform to the
extradition law

The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such killing in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organised crime, police said. Jorge Maldonado, the mayor of Portovelo, was gunned down by two attackers on a motorcycle.
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