2024-09-03 01:00:20
Palacios worked as deputy legal coordinator in Wilman Terán’s office, when the latter was a judge of the National Court of Justice.
Updated at 13:42 with the judge’s decision
The processed Alex Palaciosa lawyer who became Wilman Terán’s right-hand man, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for accepting his guilt in the crime of organized crime, within the Metastasis caseand be an effective collaborator with the Prosecutor’s Office.
The summary procedure hearing It took place from 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, at the National Court of Justice in northern Quito.
The information given by Alex Palacios helped to create more evidence against him. Wilman Teran in the Judicial Independence case.
The fiscal Diana Salazar He explained that the application of effective cooperation “entails a considerable reduction in the sentence, recognizing the risk to which the cooperator exposes himself by informing on his immediate superior and by deciding to cooperate with justice.”
Palacios is the eighth person sentenced in the Metastasis case.
The role of Alex Palacios in Metastasis
Palacios worked as deputy legal coordinator in the office of Wilman Terán, when he was a judge of the National Court of Justice.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Palacios used “his influence in the National Court of Justice to advise Helive Angulo on how to buy court decisions». «On the other hand, complying with the provision of Wilman Teran received USD 10,000 in cash to delay notification of sentencing,” an amount that was later handed over to Terán himself.
Alex Palacios He appeared remorseful when he gave his early testimony in May 2024. At the hearing on Wednesday, the Prosecutor’s Office captured an image of him with his head bowed.
By: Ecuavisa