Ecuador court orders arrest of former president Rafael Correa over kidnapping of opponent
Three police intelligence agents have already been ordered arrested in the case, in addition to an ex-police commander and a former top intelligence official
An Ecuadorean court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Brussels-based former president Rafael Correa over alleged links to the kidnapping of an opponent in Colombia.
The National Court of Justice said Judge Daniella Camacho “resolves to impose preventive detention” against Correa and has alerted Interpol.
Correa, president from 2007-2017, was one of the feistiest characters in Latin American politics. He now lives in his wife’s native Belgium, but is under investigation at home for involvement in the kidnapping of former lawmaker Fernando Balda in 2012.
Correa questioned the motivation for the case, after he and his former ally, the current President Lenin Moreno, struggled for control of their deeply divided leftist ruling Country Alliance party.
Balda considered himself a persecuted politician under Correa’s government.
Last month, a judge ordered Correa to appear in court every two weeks to assist the investigation.
Maybe they can get some false testimony. But they’ll never prove anything, because there is nothing