The preparatory hearing for the trial in which the murder of Fernando Villavicencio It was installed this Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
On the fifth attempt, Judge Irene Pérez managed to set up a hearing against those accused of the murder of Presidential candidate.
In this case, six people linked as material authors.
The hearing began with the intervention of the prosecutor of the case, Ana Hidalgo, who asked the judge to declare the termination of the investigation against the seven prosecuted who were murdered in prison.
Fernando Villavicencio was murdered on August 9, 2023 during a political rally in a coliseum in the north of Quito.
The judge declared the validity of everything that had been done and gave way for the prosecutor in the case to argue her accusation.