QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador is on maximum alert over an alleged assassination plot against recently reelected President Daniel Noboa, the government said on Saturday.
Noboa won the race in an April 13 runoff vote, but his main rival Luisa Gonzalez has accused him of committing 'grotesque electoral fraud.' A military intelligence report saying that assassins entering Ecuador from Mexico and other countries planned to carry out 'terrorist attacks' against Noboa was leaked on social media this week.
AFP PHOTO Ecuador's electoral council and international observers have dismissed claims of fraud in the runoff vote, but Mexico and Colombia have yet to officially recognize Noboa's win. The release of the report widens a rift between Ecuador and Mexico. Mexico severed ties with the South American nation a year ago after security forces stormed its embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had been granted asylum.
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