Ecuador News

A criminal court in Guayas sentenced José Carlos Tuárez , former president of the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), to five years in prison for influence peddling. Former President of the Participation Council José Tuárez was sentenced to five years in prison According to the Prosecutor’s Office , Tuárez was a member of...

Pablo Romero, former National Intelligence Secretary , was sentenced to 9 years in prison ; But the case for which he was tried is not closed, on the contrary, it remains open and opens a path towards one direction: former President Rafael Correa . Ruling against Romero leads to former President Correa At the discretion of jurists, it is the power of...

A second former Seguros Sucre SA official was accused of having received bribes within the alleged scheme related to the intermediary JLT Re Colombia that is being investigated in the United States, according to the confession of the Ecuadorian José Vicente Gómez Avilés, who confirmed that the amount of the bribes reached $ 10.8 million. Second Seguros...