MADRID, Spain.- The National Court of Justice of Ecuador (CNJ) announced that it requested the extradition of former President Rafael Correa, exiled in Belgium since 2017.
“I have already signed the ruling, initiating the extradition process as corresponds by law of the former president of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado,” he said in an interview with the local media. Teleamazonas the president of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador, Iván Saquicela.
The announcement was made shortly after Correa’s lawyer, Christophe Marchand, reported that Belgium had granted the former president political asylum, which he had applied for several years ago.
“The General Commissariat for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) of Belgium confirms that it grants Correa refugee status in this country, where he has already resided since 2017 because his wife, Ann Malherbede, comes from him,” the Spanish news agency reported. EFEwho had access to the resolution, dated April 15.
However, Iván Saquicela said he had no formal knowledge regarding the granting of asylum. “That area does not correspond to us, but to diplomacy,” said Saquicela, and assured that he will continue with the request for his extradition.
Regarding the delay in the extradition, he explained that he had “waited for some aspects, such as the fact that the different decisions adopted by the court in the ‘bribery’ case are carried out,” as well as for legal resources that could be specified in this case. anus.
Regarding the extradition request, the president of the CNJ pointed out that “it is not about political or ideological-political issues”, but about “a crime of corruption, which is prosecuted at the international level”.
Rafael Correa, who was president of Ecuador between 2007 and 2017, in 2020 was condemned to eight years in prison for financial fraud during his campaign, in addition to accepting millions of dollars in bribes.
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