translated from Spanish: Former President of Ecuador denies having applied for asylum to Belgium

According to different sources, the ex-President of Ecuador would have made application for asylum to the Belgian country before being called to trial by the Justice of his country fearing not to be subjected to a fair trial, according to the sources quoted by AFP, ahead of Correa and s olicito asylum, knowing that the law would act against her.
Caupolicán Ochoa, Rafael Correa’s Attorney denied Thursday that his client has requested political asylum in Belgium. In addition, he said that this does not correspond to reality. “The news that have been reported are not true. There is nothing about an asylum application”, he told the Reuters Agency.
Remember that belt is accused of having ordered the abduction of shelf, an opposition Attorney exiled in Bogota (Colombia), who was raised to force a vehicle to take him to Ecuador. The kidnapping was thwarted by the Colombian police.
The Defender Correa stated that “few moments ago President Correa told me that there was no request”. Later, the same belt told the EFE agency, which has not requested asylum in Belgium, but “studying” the possibility. “I’m studying it, I will use all the rights I have to defend myself (me) and my family”, said.
Belgian agencies, Reuters and AFP, in addition to the daily Le Soir, noted that the former President, who lives in the outskirts of Brussels with her family from 2017, had submitted the request last June 25, days before the Justice of his country issued an order of ar other national and international against.

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