Wife of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate vows to 'not rest' in fight for justice

(13 Aug 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Quito - 12 August 2023 1. Verónica Sarauz, the wife of assassinated Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, arriving for briefing wearing bulletproof vest and helmet 2. Sarauz seated at briefing 3. Portrait of Villavicencio 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Verónica Sarauz, wife of Fernando Villavicencio: "Because I will not rest until the last day of my life, until the government of this country, whoever it may be, gives me the answers and takes me to the material and intellectual authors of the death of my husband. All the candidacies (presidential candidates and running mates) of this country benefited from Fernando's murder. All of them. None was exempt from the benefit and we are going to have to unite as a country, because it is time for unity." 5. Armed officer standing alongside Sarauz at briefing 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Verónica Sarauz, wife of Fernando Villavicencio: "I also want to tell correísmo (political movement) that I know that it was them all who are involved, those who were in the pool in Miami, the one who lives in Miami, the one who lives in Belgium, all of them are directly and indirectly responsible for the death of my husband, but it was in this government that my husband was killed and it is this government that has to give me answers and it is going to give me answers." 7. Wide of briefing 8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Verónica Sarauz, wife of Fernando Villavicencio: "I understand that my life and that of my children is also at risk, but if they assassinated the presidential candidate, let there be no doubt that they can kill us in a heartbeat, if Fernando was under the care of the police, I am convinced and now I can say it with propriety, that the assassination, the assassination of Fernando, is a crime of state." 9. Sarauz at briefing 10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Verónica Sarauz, wife of Fernando Villavicencio: "The candidacies in this country cannot be renounced, the candidate that has to be replaced (on Villavicencio's ticket) is the candidate for the presidency, the candidate for the vice presidency cannot resign and cannot succeed him from office because they have not yet won the elections, and we cannot induce the supporters of Fernando who mourned his death to be deceived and this vote could also be void." 11. Various of Villavicencio leaving briefing ASSOCIATED PRESS Quito - 11 August 2023 12. Various of Villavicencio's coffin being carried into wake 13. Various of coffin at wake, armed police officers guarding 14. Wide of wake STORYLINE: The wife of assassinated Ecuadorian politician Fernando Villavicencio said on Saturday she would not rest "until the last day of my life" to reveal who killed her husband. Verónica Sarauz arrived to speak to the media in Quito wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet. She said she believed the lives of her and her children were also at risk. "It is this government that has to give me answers and it is going to give me answers," Sarauz said. Villavicencio was killed during a campaign rally in Quito on August 9. Elsewhere on Saturday, authorities moved the leader of one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison. The candidate, who was not a front-runner, was known for speaking up against drug cartels. There is also confusion over who will succeed Villavicencio on his election ticket for the August 20 vote. The Construye Movement he represented announced it would request if Ecuador's electoral commission will approve his running mate, Andrea González, becoming the presidential candidate. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c32a53a59a444dc68ee63a6cdfcab3ea

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