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Dan Collyns in Lima and Jakub Krupa

Whistleblower investigating Ecuadorian president’s family business was murdered, activists say

Monika Silva Koniuszek
A post-mortem has found Monika Silva Koniuszek’s cause of death was a blow to the head and strangulation. Photograph: Facebook

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.

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