Whistleblower investigating Ecuadorian president’s family business was murdered, activists say (opens in new tab)

submitted by Campaigners in Ecuador say a Polish anti-corruption activist who investigated allegations against the family business of the country’s rightwing president was murdered to silence her. Monika Silva Koniuszek, 41, was found dead in her home in Montañita, a coastal town in Ecuador’s Santa Elena province. The single mother of daughters aged four and nine, was found on the floor with a noose around her neck on 8 June. A day after her death, and before autopsy results had been released...