In Ecuador, a state of emergency was declared after the killing of the country's most popular mayor
The wave of violence that Ecuador is suffering has cost the life of Agustín Intriago, mayor of the town of Manta, the third in the country. Also killed is 29-year-old footballer Ariana Chancay
The 38-year-old mayor was attending an event in the popular neighborhood on September 15, the day before yesterday, when several gunmen shot him six times, three of them in the chest. The leader of the “A Better City” movement died almost immediately. Also killed is 29-year-old footballer Ariana Chancay, who was with the mayor to ask for help with the sport and was playing on Manabi's Dragons team, who died wearing her team's jersey.