2024-04-03 18:19:30
In his advance testimony, Salazar linked Roberto Goldbaum, former father-in-law of the head of state, with Xavier Muñoz, former member of the Judiciary Council.
The president of the Republic, Daniel Noboawas also mentioned in the anticipated testimony he offered on Thursday, March 28 Mayra Salazarone of the 52 people prosecuted in the Metastasis case.
According to the former public relations officer of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayas, Xavier Muñozwho was a member of the judiciary Council and today he is serving preventive detention for an alleged case of obstruction of justicewas an operator Roberto Goldbaumformer father-in-law of the head of state.
Salazar reported, for example, that Muñoz ordered the judge to be transferred Reinaldo Cevallos of The triumph a Samborondon to fulfill “his claims and those of his friend (Goldbaum) in the cases he had against Mr. Daniel Noboa Azín.”
«So much was the power he had Roberto Goldbaum through their operator Xavier Muñoz, who not only fixed judicial rulings, but also persecuted lawyers in free practice who had defended Daniel Noboa in his cases,” Salazar said.
“As an example of this, I mention Dr. Francisco Fierro Tamarit, who at the time was Daniel Noboa’s defense attorney and was persecuted, and they filed a malicious and reckless complaint against him,” he said.
At the portal of the Judicial Function It is known that the head of state sued for damages to his ex-father-in-law. These cases have not yet been resolved. In addition, the head of state filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife, Gabriela Goldbaumfor alleged violation of privacy.
Regarding Mayra Salazar’s statement, Noboa briefly referred to her anticipated testimony. He mentioned hours before the statements that the country was going to know who was behind an alleged coup attempt against her government. The president has not commented further on what was stated in relation to his ex-father-in-law.
Daniel Noboa and Gabriela Goldbaum married in 2018. During that marriage, the president’s first daughter was born. Some time later the couple divorced.
On the other hand, Xavier Muñoz is not prosecuted in the Metastasis case, an investigation that is State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) in which it accuses 52 people of having formed an alleged criminal structure that benefited the drug trafficker and financier of criminal organizations, Leandro Norero (+).