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TOPSHOT - A legal medicine vehicle leaves the hospital where presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was taken after being shot at a rally in Quito, on August 9, 2023. Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing Interior Minister Juan Zapata. Mr. Villavicencio, a 59-year-old journalist, was one of eight candidates in the August 20 presidential election. (Photo by Galo PAGUAY / AFP) (Photo by GALO PAGUAY/AFP via Getty Images)