U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday arrested Ecuadorian national Xavier Jordán, one of the men accused of being behind the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.
\n\nJordán, described by Ecuadorian outlets as a businessman, has long been wanted by Ecuadorian authorities for his alleged involvement in three major criminal cases, two of which involve multiple drug trafficking, organized crime, and corruption charges. It is reportedly understood that Jordán left Ecuador on February 2, 2020, and has been living in the United States since then.
\n\nLast year, Ecuadorian prosecutors also accused Jordán of being one of the seven presumptive intellectual authors of the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio, an assertive anti-China, anti-socialist journalist who ran for president in 2023 during that year’s elections.
\n\nVillavicencio was killed in August 2023 as he was leaving a campaign rally in Quito. Current President Daniel Noboa, a law-and-order center-left candidate, won the 2023 election and was subsequently reelected for an additional presidential term in 2025.
\n\nEcuavisa and other Ecuadorian outlets report that Jordán and his wife were arrested by U.S. officials on Wednesday in the city of Doral, Florida. One of the businessman’s lawyers later confirmed the arrest. Following his detention…
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