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The trial of the "Balda" case for which the former president of Ecuador was prosecuted Rafael Correa, against whom an international arrest warrant weighs due to the non-appearance in court, concluded today Efe confirmed the ex-ambbadador Fernando Balda
After completing the 120 days of the phase of judicial investigation due to the l & # 39; 39: Colombia kidnapping in 2012 of ex-legislator and opponent Fernando Balda, who charges indefinitely, the case must now await resolution of the National Court of Justice (NYC) for l & # 39; Opening of a trial
And also "a request of the Office of the Prosecutor to the National Court", Balda told Efe.
Throughout the investigation process, the prosecutor's office summoned 90 people to appear, the last of them, the former secretary of communication of the former Executive Fernando Alvarado, who did today Nigeria, where he resides in the present
In the case were linked a total of six people, and some of them confessed to be the perpetrators of the crime of plagiarism in the anticipated testimony.
The defendants in this case are exaggerated intelligence Raúl Chicaiza, Diana Falcón and Jorge Espinoza, in preventive prison since March
Also the former national intelligence secretary Pablo Romero, who is in Spain, the former director of police intelligence of Fausto Tamayo and the former president of Ecuador ] Rafael Correa, currently in Belgium and against whom an order for preventive arrest and arrest 39, international arrest was issued.
On the other hand, the Criminal Chamber of the CNJ in Quito has set for next Monday at 9:00 GMT (14:00 GMT) an appeal hearing filed by the defense of Correa, informed the judiciary.
This is a procedure that will clarify if the order of preventive detention issued against the old Mandatory is necessary for preventive purposes.
In the event that the case is opened against Correa in this case, the exmandatario could face the imputation of plagiarism crimes as an intellectual author and conspiracy, convicted in jail.
of ex-legislator Balda argues that if his participation in the facts and political objectives of the same thing is confirmed, it would be a crime against humanity, imprescriptible and that could be judged by absentia
at the seat of the Court in Quito on 2 July was due to the fact that the process did not respect the guarantees of due process.
The former president defended his innocence and argues that he is subject to political and media persecution. [19659003] The last day of instruction was marked by an audio broadcast broadcast the day before by an Ecuadorian portal about a supposed conversation between the former intelligence agent and one of Raúl Chicaiza, former minister from the Interior and former Speaker of Parliament Jose Serrano
In the audio film, the former explains to the second the need to seek funding to cover the defense of the agents involved in the kidnapping of Balda. EFE
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