the front runners include the incumbents, daniel nicola, and lawyer, louisa gonzalez, a close l. i. a former left his president, rafael korea. alexandra rand, pnc reports flanked by heavy security, the new boy arrives at his final rallying, y a que just 18 months after becoming equis. there's the youngest president at the end of a campaign, short term policy, but big and viral funds, including thousands of cardboard cut outs of this for the president in henry's outfits from a presidential sash to tank tops and gym shorts. before the vote, no boss of victory was assured that are just supporters to go into gaines fraud. we're no longer a promise with a reality. the countries already made up its mind. now let's protect the votes. let's protect the will of the people doing a short term in office. the hard right here of a banana. fortune has faced scandals and accusations of abuse of power, declaring any journal on conflict against gangs triggering human rights violations and overseeing an energy crisis. the plunged equity to darkness, yet many voters don't blame him in are willing to gi

the front runners include daniel nicola and lawyer, louisa gonzales, a close ally, a former left his present, rafael, according on this, on the rump at the joints as lie from bogota in neighboring columbia. alejandro. there is a crowded field of 16 candidates, but only 2 with real options according to the polls. who are they and what are the main issues at stake right now? yes mohammed the well, the front runner a as incumbents press you then then yeah, no boy, the youngest president in days 3 of act whether he's just 37 years old and he's been in office for just 18 months when he won a snap election. and then in 2023 against a but at least that gonzales who is a his main rival in this election as well. and these elections are seen in largely as a referendum on a no voice the short time in office in particular. and is controversial or on is controversial. security policies is bixler ration of a state of internal war against the very high level of violence, gang violence in the country. and he has some of the results to show, in particular, when it comes to a reduction of violence in

the main contenders are the incumbent, daniel nicola, and lawyer, louisa gonzales. a close ally of former left his president fail. courtney was founded on 50, joins as from bogota in neighboring columbia, alexandro now the poles of clothes. so what do we know at this point? this is what happens we just heard from ecuador is national national electric federal council that said that this was a peaceful day of voting across the country. that almost 89 percent of ecuador ends at this cast a vote to remember that voting is mandatory in the country. there were worries about the possibility of electoral violence. the given the very critical security situation in the country president then yeah, no, boy, i think comes in precedent this running. and this election even went as far as the shutting down, closing the border with both the columbia and federal will do it to avoid the said eventually, attacks coming from crime groups in those countries. but everything has gone down peacefully. a 100000 troops have been deployed to protect this election. and we just saw an exit full

danielle, nicola, has bought 45 percent of the vote. that's a slim lead head of his main rival, left his toil, louise gonzales. alexandro and get hearing a specter race equis. there's presidential election is set for a run of the month and there's a lot then things you have. if this trend has maintained ecuadorian war tons of the poles on april, the 13 incumbent president then universal will again faced left east reset gonzales who lost 2 immuno snap election 18 months ago. 37 year old son of a banana with a cruise took office for housing, the hard line crack down in ecuador spiraling drug related crime. during a short term in office, he declared state of emergency multiple times, deployed the military to fight gangs, and started building a maximum security prison. the government says violence. crime is down 15 percent with great exec use. the military of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings. his rival, a british j f. popular, but to advise the former president that our friends go to the called the results to victor

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danielle nicola live with the latest. hi. >> sandra, pretty wild photos.where they smugglers are dropping off chinese migrants to get away from law enforcement. >> a chinese man was stopped by the u.s. coast guard 25 miles off of the bahamas. and we had a suitcase strapped to two paddle boards, and he said he was going to miami. late last month, the play scott to chinese meyer creek end migrants by bell in south florida and dropped off, 21 were found hiding in the bacf the u-haul and another group of6 was heading to orlando. authorities believe both cases smugglers from the bahamas entered this canal in miami's coral gables neighborhood for about 10 miles south of downtown miami, but it is only about an hour boat ride from the bahamas. too easy smuggled to come from the florida coast. >> florida congressman carlos gimenez said the perfect place to drop off migrants. >> already picked them up at the end of the road. >> it is in operation. >> we have so many miles to protect. >> the florida coastline four times the length of the u.s.-mexico border. local, st