Ecuador Judge Orders Pre-Trial Detention of Leftist Presidential Candidate
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A judge ordered the pre-trial detention of former presidential candidate Luisa González and two other persons during a hearing at which the Prosecutor's Office charged them with money laundering.
Ecuadorian justice orders the pre-trial detention of the ex-candidate from the left to the presidential for an alleged laundering of assets as part of the financing of its electoral campaign in 2023, announced Friday the prosecutor's office.
González, 48, was arrested on the eve of an indictment hearing in the midst of an investigation into the origin of some $500,000 used in electoral advertising. The judge accepted the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office and issued the preventive detention, according to a message in X, without detailing the reasons why the opponent will be detained while she is being investigated and before possible convictions. The former candidate declared…
Luisa González is sentenced to pretrial detention in Ecuador for alleged money laundering. Learn about the accusations and the reaction of the opponent.
A judge from Ecuador has ordered the pre-trial detention of the former left-wing presidential candidate, Luisa González, for alleged...
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