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Ecuador Mayor Shot Dead Days Before Anti-crime Referendum

The mayor of a small mining town in Ecuador was shot dead on Wednesday, just days before a national referendum on whether to take tougher measures against crime, authorities said. Jose Sanchez, mayor of Camilo Ponce Enriquez cantonĀ in the southern province of Azuay, “was shot and killed”, the mayor’s office announced on its Facebook page. […]

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