This footage was filmed and produced 26 September 2023.

The extraordinary elections this Sunday in Ecuador will go down in history as those of bulletproof vests, a garment that has become indispensable in the public activities of the candidates, among other unpublished images of escorts and bodyguards, already converted into routine as a result of the murder of Fernando Villavicencio.
The use of the bulletproof vest in the campaign became evident after the murder on August 9 of the then presidential candidate and former assemblyman Fernando Villavicencio, when he was leaving a political rally in Quito eleven days before the first electoral round.
Villavicencio, who had reported death threats days before the crime, was replaced by Christian Zurita, who had a security device never seen before when he went to vote with a bulletproof vest, an armored helmet and a large group of bodyguards who surrounded him with a shield. deployable bulletproof.
And the strong security measures have continued in the second round campaign, which is defined this Sunday between the runner Luisa Gonzalez (Citizen Revolution) and the young businessman Daniel Noboa (National Democratic Action).

SHOTLIST
1. Various of people voting in Quito (August 20, 2023);
2. Various of Correist candidate Luisa Gonzalez voting (August 20, 2023);
3. Various by candidate Daniel Noboa at the International University of Ecuador (September 26, 2023);
4. Various of the murdered candidate Fernando Villavicencio during a conversation at the ECOTEC Technological University (June 7, 2023).