Somebody remind me. Is Ecuador a colony of the USA?

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11. He was anti-goverment corruption and very much against drug cartels/organized crime.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/10/who-is-fernando-villavicencio-ecuador-death/

The death of Villavicencio, a vocal opponent of government corruption and drug trafficking groups, sparked outrage across the historically peaceful country, with President Guillermo Lasso saying early Thursday that the killing was “a political crime” that “will not go unpunished.”

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Before his death, Villavicencio had spoken out about threats he had faced on the campaign trail.
On July 31, he told reporters that he and his campaign team had received a serious threat from the leader of a group linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel and, referring to detained crime boss José Adolfo Macías by his alias, “Fito,” said: “If I continue to refer to him and his structure, they would attack me or make an attempt on my life.”

But he was defiant, saying: “Here I am showing my face. I’m not scared of them.” Video from another campaign event, which was posted by his official account, showed him saying that he would not wear a bulletproof vest.