MP accuses José Serrano of planning his murder

The deputy Luigi García Cano denounced this Tuesday in front of the office of the Attorney General of the former Minister of the Interior José Serrano for allegedly "Design a structured plan to kill him" for a case related to Edison Washington Prado Álava, aka "Gerald"Detained since 2018 in the United States

Luigi García Cano, deputy of the Assembly member María Mercedes Cuesta, a lawyer by profession and whom Serrano asked to represent "Gerald", considered the "Ecuadorian Pablo Escobar" after his arrest in Colombia in April 2017.

At the doors of the Office of the Prosecutor, Garcia told the media that he had "met Pepe Serrano in a hotel suite. was rented (in Quito) specifically to deal with the "Gerald" defense issue ", which he did for about three months until he was replaced.

The complainant alleged that Serrano had developed a plan for the murder, with the help of collaborators of the convicted "Gerald"., for having made "known to some people that fact (the meeting)" and that he "was incredulous in order not to divulge" his celebration.

"That's why I make it public today. Not only in the face of imminent threat of death, but also (the existence of a) structured plan with killers to death in the city of Manta to kill me, "he said.

"Gerald" is a major Ecuadorian drug dealer who was arrested in Ipiales (Colombia) in 2017. In February 2018, he was extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for drug trafficking. 250 tons of cocaine on the roads of the Pacific. .

According to García, the entire case "reveals the links with the drug trafficking of Jose Serrano", one of the strong men of the regime of Rafael Correa as Minister of the Interior between 2011 and 2016 .

The alleged relations with the drug trafficking of the one who was also president of the National Assembly between 2017 and 2018 have been informally commented in Ecuador, but so far they have not yet have been tried by the courts.

Serrano, now a member of the badembly of Alianza País, the party of President Lenín Moreno, has also been denounced for possible participation, direct or indirect, in the attempt to conceal the kidnapping in Colombia of 2012 politician Fernando Balda opposition.

Through his Twitter account, Serrano responded to the complaint by urging "Justice" to "do his job" because he is not "intimidated by drug traffickers, their lawyers or their henchmen".

"The information I will provide to the country will show what is behind all this hoax and millions of dollars," he said. EFE