Ecuadorean Border City Mayor and 7 Officials Arrested for Alleged Money Laundering
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The judicial proceedings took place on Wednesday night after the arrest of eight people in a case investigated for alleged money laundering.
QUITO (AP) — The mayor of Esmeraldas and seven other officials of that important city in the north of Ecuador were arrested on Wednesday as alleged members of an asset-laundering network.
Vicko Villacís, mayor of Esmeraldas, and seven other persons will be held in pretrial detention following a ruling issued by a criminal judge in Pichincha on 4 June for the alleged crime of money laundering. Ecuador Laura Yagual assumes the Mayor of Esmeraldas following proceedings against Vicko Villacís Luis Cheme Investigación en progresse The precautionary measure was confirmed during the relocation of the hearing to raise charges in the Armo…
Ecuadorean police arrested the mayor of Esmeraldas, Vicko Villacís, who was investigated for money laundering, in the early morning hours of Wednesday as part of a larger operation in four other provinces that has left seven more arrests.
On the morning of Wednesday, June 3, the Public Prosecutor's Office led an operation that resulted in the arrest of the mayor of Esmeraldas, Vicko Villacís, and seven other persons for alleged money laundering. This process took place alongside the National Police and covered four provinces: Esmeraldas, Santa Elena, Pichincha and Sucumbíos, where
The Attorney General's Office reported in its social networks that this morning he led a simultaneous operation in the provinces of Santa Elena, Esmeraldas, Pichincha and Sucumbíos, as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering. As a result, eight people were arrested, including the mayor of Esmeraldas, Vicko Villacís Tenorio. (We invite you to read: Vicko Villacís: They raid and arrest the mayor of Esmeraldas This is known) Accordi…
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