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Former President Rafael Correa could seek asylum in Belgium

Ecuadornews:   If at some point the Ecuadorian justice calls for preventive detention for Rafael Correa in the case of the kidnapping of Fernando Balda, the former president could request an asylum in Belgium, among other scenarios that he analyzes together with his...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Third report of the Gabela case would indicate the names of those responsible for the “crime”

Ecuadornews:   “Names and evidence. I am a professional man who works with evidence and that final report is all that, “said expert Roberto Meza in relation to the third report of the murder case to the former head of the FAE, Jorge Gabela. On the afternoon of...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Financial Analysis Unit reports involve public officials

Ecuadornews:   Three public officials would be involved in acts of corruption and a fourth in drug trafficking, according to reports issued by the Financial Analysis Unit. Diana Salazar, director of that institution, confirmed on June 19, 2018, in an interview in...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Prosecutor asks for version of Alexis Mera and Raúl Patiño in the Balda case

Ecuadornews:   Prosecutor Paul Perez, arranged the afternoon of Tuesday that Alexis Mera, former Secretary of the Presidency, and Raul Patiño, former Secretary of National Intelligence (Senain), render a free and without oath within the fiscal instruction that investigates...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Case Balda: Correa does not want to face it

Ecuadornews:   Rafael Correa analyzes the possibility of not facing the Ecuadorian justice. On Monday, Judge Daniella Camacho linked him to the Balda case with the charges of conspiracy and kidnapping and imposed, as a precautionary measure, the obligation to appear every...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Feed the bureaucracy, one of the ‘fat’ expenses

Ecuadornews:   The state is ‘obese’ in more ways than one. It is not only about spending on salaries of public officials -which exceeds 8,000 million dollars a year- but about the feeding of those servers. The hiring of food service for secretariats, ministries...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Antonio Ledezma: “We come to ask for Ecuador’s help”

Ecuadornews:   The context The situation in Venezuela is critical. Ecuador, after 10 years, recognizes that the South American country is going through a complicated political, economic and social moment that feels it with the impact of migration. Antonio Ledezma, one of the...
Posted On 20 Jun 2018
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Judge links Correa to the Balda case and orders him to appear every 15 days before the Court

Ecuadornews:   The National Court of Justice of Ecuador linked former President Rafael Correa in the case of alleged kidnapping against ex-legislator Fernando Balda in 2012, in Colombia, and ordered him to appear before that Supreme Court every 15 days, from the next July...
Posted On 19 Jun 2018
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Case Balda: ‘kidnapping’ operation checks were declassified

Ecuadornews:   The Comptroller sent this Monday, June 18, 2018, another key piece of the kidnapping case to the ex-ambassador Fernando Balda to the Office of the Prosecutor, as part of the investigations carried out. This is information related to operating expenses, which...
Posted On 19 Jun 2018
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Armengol Cevallos went through a signature that paid $ 1 million to Álex Bravo

Ecuadornews:   The corporate records of Florida (USA) show this. Armengol Cevallos Díaz, a subcontractor of Petroecuador, was linked to a US company that paid close to $ 1’000,000 to a Panamanian company that Álex Bravo Panchano used as a front for receiving bribes....
Posted On 19 Jun 2018
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