Raúl Carrión was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crime of embezzlement in the purchase of sports equipment.
On Thursday, February 17, 2022, Raul Carrion, sports minister in the government of Rafael CorreaHe was sentenced to 12 years in prison. prison for the crime of peculation.
The judges who passed the sentence were Marco Rodríguez, Daniella Camacho and Luis Rivera. The hearing was held at the National Court of Justice, in Quito.
With this, they add six sentenced against Carrión, also accused of influence peddling and has already faced other trials for embezzlement. This last sentence was handed down after the investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office of a hiring of sports equipment are overpriced, which caused the State a loss of more than 45 thousand dollars.
On previous occasions, the former official has said that everything is about political persecution. This time, the defense insisted on denying the accusations.
The Ex minister He stopped appearing before the Justice on August 29, 2020 and is currently a fugitive. (GVL)
IT MAY INTEREST YOU:
The CFN was managed at will for 5 years
