2024-06-08 14:19:58
TESTIMONY
This June 3, 2024, Daniel Salcedo gave his early testimony as a part of the efficient cooperation with which he seeks to scale back the doable sentence for organized crime. Salcedo talked about the big sums of cash that, since 2020, judges have requested from him in trade for judicial advantages. In December, he says, the identical lawyer introduced him along with Jorge Glas in order that they may depart jail 4 in Quito.
Probably the most anticipated testimonies by the Ecuadorian justice system is that of Daniel Salcedo, prosecuted for the Metastasis Case, however who’s an efficient cooperator within the Purge Case. Each circumstances have hyperlinks. In one of many closing elements of his testimony, Daniel Salcedo detailed that when he was in jail 4 in Quito, the lawyer Cristian Romero (a fugitive from the Metastasis Case), introduced him and former vp Jorge Glas collectively, to inform them the quantities that They needed to pay in trade for freedom.
They requested Salcedo for 150 thousand {dollars} and when he requested how a lot Glas ought to pay, Romero informed him that Virgilio would deal with these quantities. “Virgilio what?” requested the prosecutor, Diana Salazar, and Salcedo mentioned: “Virgilio Hernán, Hernánd, I do not bear in mind.”
For the cash laundering case, Salcedo indicated that Decide Byron Guillén requested him for 140 thousand {dollars} to favor this case. Salcedo paid $70,000 and the opposite half was pending. Nonetheless, the case didn’t favor Salcedo and he requested the return of his cash. The decide transferred it to associates’ accounts however “I used to be left owing $10,000,” he mentioned.