US EditionEcuador Raids Leftist Politicians' Homes over Alleged Venezuela ...
- In Quito on Wednesday, Ecuador's prosecutor's office raided homes of Citizens' Revolution party members, including presidential candidate Luisa González, over alleged Venezuelan campaign funds.
- Prosecutors allege cash from Venezuela financed the 2023 presidential campaign, underpinning the probe into Citizens' Revolution campaign financing.
- Prosecutors said the searches were part of a probe into alleged organized crime and money laundering connected to campaign financing, Ecuador's prosecutor's office said.
- González told reporters Citizens' Revolution and she have not received funds from Venezuela or cartels, called it political persecution, and said the party submitted campaign expenses to electoral authorities while accusing Ecuador's prosecutor's office of lacking evidence.
- The Venezuelan government did not immediately respond after Nicolas Maduro, ousted Venezuelan President, was captured this month in a U.S. military raid and faces federal drug trafficking charges.
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Police agents raided the homes of several leftist leaders, including Luisa González, candidate of the correismo in 2023 and 2025 and former president of the Citizen Revolution party Read
Former presidential candidate Luisa González denounced that the raid on her home Quito, Ecuador, responds to a "political persecution."
The Ministry of Public Affairs of Ecuador reported on this Thursday that Venezuela's alleged funding to the presidential campaign of former left candidate Luisa González in the election in which Daniel Noboa was the winner. The opposition political parties faced the previous election in 2023 and then in 2025, in the middle of a wave of unprecedented violence related to drug trafficking that the country is facing.
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The Straits TimesEcuador raids leftist politicians' homes over alleged Venezuela campaign funds
QUITO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ecuador's prosecutor's office raided homes of politicians from former President Rafael Correa's leftist party on Wednesday, investigating alleged illicit money from Venezuela
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