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Rafael Correa speaks of "conspiracy" against him after an order of imprisonment

Ramiro Carrillo – DPA

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Rafael Correa badured that there is a conspiracy against him in Ecuador and rejected the order of Preventive detention issued Tuesday by a judge against the former president of the case of the kidnapping of a former Ecuadorian deputy

"Today has been accomplished one of the most great abuses against a former president, "said Correa in a video that circulated on their social networks and in which he will not be detained in Belgium, where he resides, since he is a country that guarantees the rights of the people.

The judge who ordered the preventive detention also indicated that he would send a request for capture to Interpol so that he could be extradited. The followers of Correa, meanwhile, organized for this afternoon a march to Quito in favor of the former president.

In the message sent from his home in Brussels, Correa asked his followers not to worry about him. "Worried for the country, they are destroying it," he said.

The former president added that "justice does not exist in Ecuador" and said that he was living "a very difficult time".

Pre-trial detention against Correa was pronounced Tuesday by national judge Daniella Camacho, because the former president failed to comply with the precautionary measure to appear before a criminal court in Quito every 15 days to Starting from July 2

Correa is linked to the case of the kidnapping of former MP Fernando Balda, which took place in Bogotá in 2012, while he was being detained by Colombian agents for a few hours and that left him free following the complaints of the taxi drivers. They saw the kidnapping.

The perpetrators were arrested and tried in Colombia and reported that the abduction involved Ecuadorian agents of the National Intelligence Secretariat (Senain), an organ Orders of the Presidency of Ecuador

Balda denounced corruption in Correa's government and was sued for attacking his honor and dignity

Correa, who ruled between 2007 and 2017 and became an icon of the Latin American Left has received support from Other leaders of the region such as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Bolivian Evo Morales and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

"I send my solidarity with the hope that justice will finally triumph and our people will democratically decide on the future of our countries and Latin America. "A big hug," said the message of Lula, imprisoned for nearly three months, accused of corrupt pbadive ion and money laundering.

Correa replied: "Comrade Lula: you can imprison our bodies but not our ideals, we will win!"

"First Cristina (Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina) Then Lula (Brazil) Now Rafael Correa Stop the persecution against the authentic leaders of our America The Bolivarian Revolution expresses its solidarity with the people of Ecuador and @MashiRafael, Maduro wrote on his Twitter account

Bolivian President Evo Morales rejected the decision of the Ecuadorian judicial system against Correa.

"We denounce the politicization of Ecuadorian justice and the interference of #EEUU with the intention of imprisoning an innocent person.We are with you Fr. Correa, Venceremos!"

The government of Ecuador, chaired by Lenin Moreno, rejected the statements of Latin American politicians and warned that they were trying to discredit the country's democratic institutions, according to a statement by the Secretary of Communication (Secom)