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Six suspects in assassination of Ecuador candidate murdered in prison (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Maybe, but much less likely. They're probably foot soldiers and their orders came from their own gangs leadership, and not those responsible for ordering the assininatons. So that specific chain has effectively been broken.