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Ecuador votes in presidential poll amid spike in drug&related violence
Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The frontrunners include the incumbent, a conservative young millionaire, pitted against a leftist opposition candidate.
Polls opened Sunday across Ecuador in a presidential election amid a rise in cartel turf wars and soaring murder rates. The frontrunners include the incumbent, a conservative young millionaire, pitted against a leftist opposition candidate.
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