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Since Rafael Correa badumed the presidency of the Republic, in 2007, until 39, that he surrender the mandate, in 2017 Proceedings have accompanied him at all times, and with them a group of lawyers. During the exercise of his mandate, Gutemberg and Alembert Vera (father and son) and Caupolicán Ochoa, among some other media
Of this "old guard" of his lawyers, only Ochoa currently accompanies him. Alexis Mera, who was legal secretary to the presidency, became another personal attorney of Correa
Ochoa is the head of the technical team that forms the legal defense of the former president in the case of l & rsquo; Abduction of political activist Fernando Balda. . Outside Mera, they also included Luis Fernando Molina and Fausto Jarrín.
Molina argues that the team of lawyers is multidisciplinary and that it has been distributed in such a way that it can be in all trial processes. "At the tax education stage, the set of procedures coincides with others, then the technical defense has been split and there is an official spokesperson in Guayaquil as Dr. Vanegas in as an external legal adviser for the defense of the former president Rafael Correa " says Molina.
Refers to Alejandro Vanegas, who acts as legal consultant and spokesperson as many times as Correa asks. He does not participate in the proceedings of the Balda case, but his opinions and arguments in favor of the exmandatario are permanent in social networks such as Twitter. "What I do is explain my opinions, but I am not a lawyer … Suppose the National Court decides to order the extradition of the former president of the Republic … what I do, as a professional, Explain what is extradition " says Vanegas.
Unlike Caupolicán Ochoa and his team, Vanegas has contacts with Correa's lawyers abroad. In Belgium, the former president is sponsored by Christophe Marchand, one of the most renowned lawyers of this country, he participated in the defense of the former president of Catalonia (Spain), Carles Puigdemont
. The Ecuadorian Oswaldo Ruiz Chiriboga, who apparently lives in Hungary and at the request of the former president, will visit the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to request protective measures in his favor.
I know how legal contents are developed … " says Vanegas, who is preparing to intervene in front of the media after the July 31 hearing, date on which the tax report will be known and if Correa will be called to trial or
The fees of the seven lawyers are not known.Molina says that it is a private matter and "we will not publish of criteria on that. "
Change of Measure
Today will be the hearing to resolve the appeal filed by Rafael Correa to the order July 3, Judge Daniella Camacho established a measure of preventive detention against him, after objecting to the case of the kidnapping of Fernando Balda in 2012.
Correa s & # 39; is presented at the Embbady of Ecuador in Belgium, where he resides.His main argument is that the order of preventive detention is disproportionate His defense says that he has shown a predisposition to appear and contribute to the investigation if his rights are not violated and to the extent that his house is in Belgium. They will ask for alternative measures
- Source Diario El Universo
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