Ecuadornews:
Orders of judges were received for raids, for arrests, to take former officials to the authority’s orders and that is how it was proceeded,” Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo said Monday when asked about the seven raids that were carried out in order of week and that they left two people arrested within the investigations of the case denominated ‘Recipe of Arroz verde 502’.
Within the proceedings, Romo confirmed that one of the places searched was a legal study in Guayaquil, which would have links with the former legal secretary of the Presidency, Alexis Mera. He indicated that the Prosecutor’s Office must have sufficiently motivated, before a judge, to request the search.
YES, one of the places that was searched was a law firm in Guayaquil, which I understand would be partner Alexis Mera, former legal secretary of the Presidency, “María Paula Romo, Minister of the Interior.
The Office of the Prosecutor investigates alleged contributions for $ 11.6 million received from a total of $ 14.1 million projected, under a system of codes, which identify national and transnational companies, contractors of the State and the highest representatives of Alianza PAIS.
Alleged contributions from Odebrecht to Alianza PAIS are investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office, confirms Glas lawyer
The companies that would have given voluntary contributions would be: Construtora Norberto Odebrecht (code V7), SK Engineering & Construction (V8), Sinohydro Corporation (V14), Blue Group (V12), Telconet (V11), China International Water & Electric Corp-CWE (V9), among others.
This happens after the publication in the web portal La Fuente of the report by Fernando Villavicencio and Christian Zurita, entitled: Odebrecht and other multinationals put president in Ecuador.
Meanwhile, on Monday night, Mera, in a letter to Ecuavisa, refused to receive funds from Odebrecht and other companies. He indicated that what was published by Villavicencio “is false” and offered to help the Prosecutor’s Office and stay in the country. (I)
