2024-10-01 15:42:20
The former vice president of the Republic, Jorge Glas; the former president of the Judicial Council, Wilman Teránand the former assemblyman of the Social Christian Party (PSC), Pablo Muenteswho are imprisoned in the La Roca prison (Guayaquil) due to cases of corruption, they want to leave that prison or go to other prisons.
The first one looks for the house arrest through a new resource you have a body. This Wednesday, July 3, the hearing was held in which Glas, via telematics, argued before a judge in Guayaquil that he tried to commit suicide by taking 60 pills, that he is at imminent risk of dying and that in his cell he has suffered from the bite of rats while sleeping.
Glas has been imprisoned in La Roca since April 2024, after being detained inside the Mexican embassy in Quito, where he had taken refuge since December 2023.
There are two final sentences regarding the former vice president for bribery and illicit association in corruption cases (Bribery and Odebrecht). In addition, he is prosecuted in the Manabí Reconstruction case for alleged peculation.
Glas’ attorney requested that he be transferred to his mother’s home to receive medical care. The former vice president rejects all charges against him and declares himself politically persecuted.
For his part, Terán, prosecuted for alleged organized crime in the Metastasis case and for alleged obstruction of justice in the Judicial Independence casealso tries to leave The Rock through a you have a body
The hearing to process your request takes place this Wednesday at the National Court of Justice (CNJ). Today he stated that He receives cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in that prison.
Around 2:00 p.m. it was learned that the court had rejected Terán’s request.
The National Service of Comprehensive Attention to Prisoners of Liberty (SNAI)refuted those arguments. A lawyer from that organization recounted the attention and facilities that the former official has received. She asked the court to ratify Terán’s stay in that penitentiary center, even for the safety of the former head of the Judiciary.
Finally, Muentes, prosecuted for alleged organized crime in the Purge caserequested that the preventive detention against him be reviewed.
He listened to the hearing Zoom from The Rock. His attorney was at the NCJ and told the court that his client has lost 60 pounds, has had suicidal thoughts and is at risk of a heart attack.
Likewise, Muentes’ defense indicated that there are new versions in his favor and that the former public relations officer of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayas, Mayra Salazaralso prosecuted in Metastasis, lied in her advance testimony.
The Deputy Attorney General Wilson Toainga He refuted what was said and listed all the evidence that exists against him.
After noon, Muentes’ hearing was suspended.