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The President of Ecuador Lenin Moreno says that he has no particular interest in knowing whether his predecessor Rafael Correa is captured as part of of a kidnapping case, after the Ecuadorian justice handed Interpol an international arrest warrant.
"I'm not interested if Mr. Rafael Correa is imprisoned or not, I'm not interested in any particular way, I've already said what was my inner desire: to hope not guilty, "said the Ecuadorian president during an informative conversation with foreign media held at the government headquarters in Quito.
In which are the first statements about the legal situation in which the former president, who resides in Belgium, Lenin Moreno asked Rafael Correa to "show his face "and to guarantee the judicial independence of the country
. Supreme Court of Ecuador accepted the request of the Attorney General's Office to ask Interpol for the arrest and extradition of Rafael Correa after ignoring the precautionary measure to appear Monday in Quito
Daniella Camacho ordered the preventive detention at a special hearing during which the precautionary measures imposed on the former president were examined on June 18 after having been criminally linked to the attempted kidnapping of former lawmaker Fernando Balda in Bogota in August. 2012.
"Now, it is an independent justice, Mr. Rafael Correa must have absolute certainty that this justice operates independently and independently, that it does not exist. has no reluctance to come to Ecuador it is your country and you face justice, "said the president
about the argument used by Rafael Correa that it is the subject of a political "plot" In addition to a persecution of the Ecuadorian executive, a position that was supported by leftist groups in Spain, Lenin Moreno assured that "the truth defends itself."
"On the argument that he is a political prisoner, the same can be said the (trafficker Mexican drug) Chapo Guzman, "he said before noting that" we Ecuadorians know that this is not the case, we know that many things have happened pe during this period ") and the only thing we want is that there be truth and justice.
The Ecuadorian head of state reiterated the respect and independence of the powers in the country and, when he was questioned about the extradition cadres, he confirmed De Meanwhile, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister José Valencia has stressed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its missions abroad are "a supporting actor for the management" related to the resolutions of the National Court of Justice , who issued Wednesday night the red notice for the search and capture of Rafael Correa .
"The Foreign Ministry only complies with the provisions of Ecuadorian law in order to to facilitate the management of these extradition requests, "he said.
Source: EFE
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