By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador presidential candidate Otto Sonnenholzner said a shoot-out occurred on Saturday outside a restaurant ...
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"We just suffered a shoot-out in front of the place where I was breakfasting with my family," Sonnenholzner, a pro-market candidate and former vice president said on X, the platform previously known as Twitter."Thank God we're all well but we demand an investigation into what occurred." A video on social media showed Sonnenholzner greeting a supporter in a sunny restaurant and preparing to take a selfie, before shots sound outside.Sonnenholzner has hardened his discourse around crime since the murder of Villavicencio, repeatedly promising his supporters that should he be elected, criminals who use violence against citizens will be shot by police.
Meanwhile, Francisco Tamariz, the mayor of the coastal city of La Libertad, said on X on Saturday that shots were fired on Friday at a truck in which he and his wife were riding.
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