US EditionMayor of Ecuador's Biggest City Arrested for Money Laundering
- The Mayor of Guayaquil, Aquiles Álvarez, has been arrested on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, according to Ecuador's Attorney General's office.
- Ten additional people were detained in connection with the case, including Xavier, Álvarez's brother.
- Aquiles Álvarez denied the corruption charges, calling them political persecution, according to his lawyer Ramiro Garcia.
- Guayaquil has seen a rise in drug cartel violence, with its murder rate increasing fivefold since 2020, impacting the city's safety and security.
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Quito. The mayor of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second largest city, Achilles Álvarez, was arrested early this Tuesday on charges of being part of an alleged organized crime network for the purpose of money laundering and tax fraud, according to the prosecutor’s report, which announced the start of an investigation process.
The mayor of Ecuador’s largest port arrested on money laundering and tax evasion charges
Ecuador’s Attorney General’s office said it detained an additional 10 people linked to the case, including mayor Aquiles Álvarez’s brother Xavier, who is the president of a popular soccer club.
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Mayor of Ecuador's biggest city arrested for money laundering
The mayor of Ecuador's violence-ravaged city of Guayaquil, a fierce critic of President Daniel Noboa, was arrested Tuesday along with the president of a top football club for alleged money laundering, prosecutors said.
Deputy Mayor Tatiana Coronel carried out a face-to-face activity on Tuesday, February 10, in the context of the arrest of Mayor Achilles Alvarez and others investigated for alleged crime of organized crime for purposes of money laundering and tax fraud.
The mayor of Guayaquil, Achilles Álvarez, became a political enemy of the government of Daniel Noboa, has been arrested at his home this Tuesday morning in the Goleada case. This investigation investigates an alleged structure of organized crime dedicated to money laundering and tax fraud. The news, spread in the X account of the Fiscal Ministry, has caused astonishment, although the same mayor had anticipated they would go for it. Ten other arr…
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