Diana Carnero | |
Birth Name: | Diana Carnero Elizalde |
Office: | Member of Naranjal City Council |
Term Start: | 2023 |
Term End: | 7 February 2024 |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1995 |
Birth Place: | Ecuador |
Death Place: | Ecuador |
Death Cause: | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Citizen Revolution Movement |
Diana Carnero Elizalde (22 January 1995 – 7 February 2024) was an Ecuadorian politician from the Citizen Revolution Movement. She served as the Member of Naranjal City Council in 2023 until her assassination.[1]
Carnero was a member of Naranjal City Council after being first elected in the 2023 Ecuadorian local elections.[2]
See main article: 2024 Ecuadorian conflict. Carnero was shot by hitmen on motorcycles in a public street. She was 29.[3] Carnero had been holding a public meeting.[4] She died at the hospital in Naranjal.[5] Former President Rafael Correa paid tribute to Carnero. The president of her party and former presidential candidate Luisa González mourned her death.[6]