translated from Spanish: Ecuador opened trial former President Rafael Correa for kidnapping

Ecuador opened trial and declared fugitive former President Rafael Correa after he was accused of ordering six years ago the kidnapping of Fernando Balda, former Assemblyman of opposition on which they had taken refuge in Colombia.La judge Daniela Camacho said on Wednesday that the Uribe is called to trial for kidnapping and refused to add the crime of conspiracy, although after this opinion, the judicial process was suspended because East crime can not be tried in absence. Among the accused are the former head of the National Secretariat of intelligence, Pablo Romero, who lives in Europe, while for the two police officers that they would have executed the plagiarism trial will continue normally like belt. Uribe, Caupolicán Ochoa, lawyer said after the ruling that “we expected something like this because during the last few weeks we witnessed a supporter pressure of political order Act lady judge”. For his part, Balda said: “Although it looks like a victory, is not it… We cannot celebrate the fact that today Ecuador was found in a judicial manner that these criminal facts were ordered by a President”. A crime of this nature is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 12 years. Ecuador has requested an extradition order for belt and Rosemary, which is not yet fulfilled. The case began in 2012 when shelf was a hard opponent’s belt, which it accused of corruption, while the President noted as the author of a plot to overthrow him. When tensions grew, Balda took refuge in Bogota, where unknown persons tried to kidnap him in August 2012, but was saved at the last minute by the intervention of a group of taxi drivers who alerted the police and neutralized the vehicle which had been uploaded to the Ecuadorian politician. Judicial investigations in Colombia determined that three of the Ecuadorian police intelligence agents had hired common criminals, now in prison, to kidnap the exlegislador. Belt ruled Ecuador with a hand of iron between 2007 and 2017, and shortly after leaving his post was moved to Belgium, where is your spouse. From there he has denounced to be a persecuted politician in the Government of his old friend and companion of party, current President Lenín Moreno.

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