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American Court of Human Rights will judge Ecuador for granting an oil concession to the Argentinian company  CGC in 1996 to explore and exploit oil on ancestral lands of the indigenous Kichwa Sarayaku in a two-day hearing that starts today in San Jose. There, the Court will hear...

104 policemen, involved in the police riot that occurred in Ecuador on September 30 (30-S), were notified yesterday that they must pay penalties of between 2,000 and $ 5,280 for an alleged misuse of public property. Coronel Cesar Carrion will pay $ 93,000 for damages to the...

In the midst of political and judicial conflicts in Ecuador, the president of the Judicial Council (CJ), the judge Santiago Coba displaced Benjamin Cevallos from his post yesterday. Judge Coba suspended Cevallos for alleged breach of his duties. Coba is also the judge that last...

Today at 11 am in the Hotel Oro Verde of Guayaquil, journalist Emilio Palacio gave a press conference to inform about the latest events regarding the conflict established by the Ecuadorian president against him. Palacio pointed out that he “will accuse the responsible for...

Renato Vasquez, Second President of the Court of Criminal Guarantees handed down the sentence against former legislative chief of the escort, Rolando Tapia, and rejected the decision of the Judicial Council (JC), which suspended him for three months. This 90-day suspension was...

Coronel Rolando Tapia received a sentence of three years in a correctional facility for attempting against the Estate security. Mario Flores and Ower Simancas were condemned to 18 months, Marco Tiban, Francisco Noboa and Carlos Tasinchana received one year. The judges of Second...

The Ecuadorian Second Court of Criminal Appeals has condemned Coronel Rolando Tapia, former head of the legislative escort, to three years in prison by acting against the state security last September 30th (30-S), of 2010. Tapia received the sentence in the early hours of last...

Early today, Coronel Rolando Tapia, former head of the Legislative Escort, and five policemen, Francisco Noboa, Patricio Simancas, Marco Tibán, Mario Flores, and Carlos Tasinchana, were plead guilty by  the Second Penal Tribunal of Pichincha of violating the internal state...

The first two hearings against Antonio Gagliardo and Elsa Moreno, both candidates for the Attorney General’s Office, were held yesterday afternoon. First, Dario Burbano questioned Gagliardo candidacy because.  Gagliardo keeps interests conflicts within the Office, he does...

Today was scheduled to conclude the adjudication hearing of the trial against Coronel Rolando Tapia, who was charged of not letting the Assembly work during the police uprising of September 30. However, the hearing was suspended at 12:30 and the judges decided that they had other...