Ecuador charges ex-minister over presidential candidate assassination case

The briefing

Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio

What shifts

For those following ecuador, charges, minister, presidential, candidate, this report from BBC introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

BBC notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around ecuador.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial line

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of ecuador, charges, minister, presidential, candidate: Prosecutors accuse six others, including the leader of cartel Los Lobos, of having an indirect role in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.