An Ecuador mayor said he was the victim of an attempted assassination as political violence continued ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Francisco Tamariz, mayor of the coastal city of La Libertad, said gunmen — some dressed as policemen — fired 30 shots at his vehicle on Friday evening. Tamariz, his wife and two other people with them escaped unharmed as the vehicle was armored, he said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
