The President of Ecuador regrets the murder of a singer from Argentina
President Correa expressed his regret at the death of Argentine musician and performer of his own songs, Facundo Cabral, which occurred on Saturday in Guatemala City. The head of Ecuador does not exclude that the cause of the crime was revenge for the violent confrontation between the artist any kind of dictatorship on the continent. Criminals do not hesitate to kill an extraordinary man, nearly blind, who was already 74 years old, said Rafael Correa today at the beginning of his weekly progress report, adding that the Argentine was one of his favorite singers.
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The President of Ecuador said that, while seemingly killing Cabral looks like an attack, we can not exclude the possibility of punitive measures against movements of protest troubadour 70s and fighter against the dictatorship in Argentina, which was forced to leave the country for this reason (in 1976-1983 Cabral's lived abroad). The singer is constantly criticized the activities of right-wing parties in Latin America, said Correa, and this should be taken into account during the investigation. President of the Socialist expressed hope that the killers blind old man, sympathetic to the revolutionary transformation of the current Ecuadorian government, will be found and once again repeated that he regretted the cruelty that still prevails in Latin America.
Cabral was attacked by unknown today at dawn, while on his way out of the hotel to the International Airport La Aurora Guatemala capital, where the singer gave two concerts this week. Guatemalan Argentinian singer was supposed to fly to Nicaragua. The official spokesman for the president of Guatemala Ronaldo Robles told that it was a custom-made crime - the murderer fired aiming at his victim at least 10 bullets, caught in the head and chest. The employee assured me that Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom is outraged by this attack and said it would take all possible to determine both performers and organizers of the assassination of the bard.
Accompanied the singer's concert organizer was badly injured and was hospitalized at the present time he is between life and death. The attack happened quickly and harmoniously, so that the singer's bodyguards had followed in a second car did not have time to react.
Born in Argentina in May 1937, Facundo Cabral visited more than 150 countries, including Ecuador, but his main success must bard song No soy de aquí, no soy de allá (I'm not here, not there).