Ecuador Prosecutor Summons Ex-Interior Minister Zapata in Villavicencio Murder Probe

Ecuador's Prosecutor's Office has called Juan Zapata, who was Interior Minister at the time of Fernando Villavicencio's assassination, to testify in the preliminary investigation. This suggests the probe is expanding beyond the direct perpetrators to examine potential official negligence or complicity. The move signals a deepening judicial scrutiny of state officials in a high-profile political murder.