Ecuadorians living in fear after presidential candidate’s killing

Quito, Ecuador – It was business as usual on the streets of the Ecuadorian capital, as people made their way to work and students headed to school just hours after one of the country’s presidential candidates was fatally shot after a campaign rally. As a worker, yes, I’m really concerned.” Henry Toro, 59, taxi driver “I’m upset, outraged because I see that there is no control from the authorities … There is no control. This electoral process has been stained with blood like never before.” Ayari Manzo, 41, delivery driver from Venezuela, living in Quito for more than two years “This has been dismaying, it’s something on another level. “We don’t know if in the country will continue to grow, because it could simply stagnate, or it will evolve or grow, or we are simply going to experience what we have in Venezuela. Basically, in a country of guerrillas … That would be my greatest concern right now.” Guillermo Ortiz, 37, small business owner “In these last two years of this explosion of robberies, kidnappings, attacks on customers in cafes, restaurants and everything, I think it was just showing us what was going to happen, and how much we are now threatened by a national and international mafia.