Ecuador court reinstates hearing in Villavicencio murder case; trial call for Serrano, Jordán pending

Ecuador's judiciary reinstated the hearing to determine whether José Serrano, Xavier Jordán, and five others will be tried for intellectual authorship in the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. The decision revives a stalled legal process, but the outcome remains uncertain as the court has yet to rule on the trial call. This matters as it tests accountability for a high-profile political killing that shook Ecuador's 2023 election.

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