Pedro Briones, leader of the Ecuadorian Revolución Ciudadana RC5 party in Esmeraldas, has been assassinated this Monday, as confirmed by members of the party. The crime has occurred less than a week after the shooting of candidate for the Presidency of Ecuador, Fernando Villavicencio.

The homicide occurred in the San Mateo parish park. As reported by the police, there were two individuals who shot Briones from a motorcycle near his home. “Ecuador is experiencing its bloodiest period. We owe this to the total abandonment of an inept government and a state taken over by the mafias,” said Luisa González, candidate for the RC5 party for the Presidency.

“My solidarity hug to the family of compañero Pedro Briones, who fell into the hands of violence.change is urgent“, González has denounced. Another party colleague and governor of Esmeraldas, Paola Cabezas Castillo, has indicated on Twitter that it is “another loss that breaks their souls.” “Until when! Solidarity with his family. For you dear companion, we are going to win “, she has expressed about the politician close to former president Rafael Correa.

The consternation of the murder of Villavicencio clouded the elections, and now there is another murder that leaves the country dismayed.