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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...

The Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador (SRI) confirmed that president Rafael Correa transferred $331.082,5 dollars into an account in Germany on August 9 of 2010. The benefited person was identified with the code BE641430785741352, while the transaction cost the president the...

Gama TV and TC Televisión, both state networks, have not yet settled his debt to the company Santiago Perez Opinion and Studies, who conducted the exit poll on May 7th in the last Ecuadorian referendum. Enrique Arosemena, general manager of Gama TV, said they have done as...

Doris Soliz, the coordinating Minister of Politics, asked the Electoral Tribunal (TCE) to fine the newspaper Hoy with a $100 thousand for an alleged infraction in the electoral process of the popular consult in May 7. In the hearing of the TCE hall, the lawyer of Soliz, Pablo...

Elected Peruvian president, Ollanta Humala, will arrive in Quito on Tuesday June 28th to meet in an “open agenda” with the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, the state agency Andes reported today. The agency outlined that Humala will arrive to Quito at 13:00 next...

Catalina Botero, the rapporteur of the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights for freedom of expression could not attend the debate regarding the media bill. According to the opposition the critics that the rapporteur made regarding the Communication bill is one of the reasons...

This morning, judge Renato Vasquez declared reserved the adjudication hearing against police colonel, Rolando Tapia, and five other former members of the legislative guard accused of alleged assault on public safety. The decision came after PAIS militants entered the auditorium...