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Ecuador judge orders Belgium-based ex-president Correa be jailed
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 03, 2018 06:38pm |
| Category | Investigation |
| News Date | Jul 03, 2018 05:25pm |
| Description | QUITO (Reuters) - An Ecuadorean judge on Tuesday ordered that ex-President Rafael Correa be jailed as part of a case involving the kidnapping of a lawmaker, setting up a showdown with the Belgium-based leftist politician who vowed to appeal and defy the orders.
In 2012, former opposition lawmaker Fernando Balda was briefly kidnapped in neighbouring Colombia, where he had fled after being sentenced to two years in prison for slander against Correa.
Balda accused Correa of having orchestrated the kidnapping, which the Colombian police broke up after a few hours.
Correa, who governed the Andean country for a decade, has always said he had nothing to do with the incident and has accused his successor Lenin Moreno of seeking to smear his administration for political gain. |
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