After the assassination of a candidate who took on drug cartels, Ecuador is in shock

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For years, Ecuador has experienced vicious political infighting, including coups and the persecution and exile of opponents and critical journalists.

But throughout its modern history, the small South American nation has, until this year, been almost entirely free of significant political violence. That has made the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio all the more shocking and traumatic.