Christian Zurita, the former candidate who replaced the assassinated Fernando Villavicencio, will leave Ecuador to avoid ending up the same as his friend
"My life is at risk. I don't want to live like this, and I don't want my family to be subjected to this tragedy of living in a safety capsule with vests and helmet as I go out into public spaces"
"My life has always been free, in which I have always been able to look up and be proud of what I have done, but this moment we are going through has been tough," he said. He then added: "I think I have done my best to fulfill my duty, my loyalty to who my brother was (Fernando Villavicencio), and then to support a project that belongs to him, above all. I will help. I will go to the point where I can be a collaborator, but after I have fulfilled these responsibilities, I have to take my time."