On another issue, the Prosecutor’s Office is investigating alleged last minute changes to the Pandora Papers case report.
President Guillermo Lasso issued an executive decree through which he will give the pardon to prisoners with terminal and catastrophic illnesses, in order to reduce the overcrowding that currently exists in the Penitentiary and other prisons in Ecuador.
On another issue, the Prosecutor’s Office investigates alleged last-minute changes to the report of the case of the Pandora Papers, which was prepared by the Constitutional Guarantees Commission of the National Assembly.
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Doubts about pardons
Following the recent massacres that occurred in the Penitentiary, the Government announced that it will grant pardon to prisoners with terminal and catastrophic illnesses throughout Ecuador. The National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders will be in charge of verifying the identity of inmates who meet the requirements. A source from that entity mentioned that no requests will be received Rather, in the next few days, President Guillermo Lasso would announce how many would be the beneficiaries, which have been determined according to the data that have already been collected by the institution regarding who is sick.
Investigation report of Pandora Papers
The president of the Constitutional Guarantees Commission, José Cabascango, delivered to the Attorney General the information required within the prior investigation that he initiated for the alleged crime of public action for alleged last minute changes to the report of the case Pandora Papers. However, legislators from the table questioned that he had responded to the Prosecutor’s Office, which should have been the full legislature who resolved the case, since they considered that it is an interference.
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Quake in Quito caused alarm
At least two other aftershocks have been felt in Quito and its surroundings since the 4.6 earthquake that struck the Nayón parish. Other aftershocks of this earthquake are expected that It is due to the Quito fault, according to experts from the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic.
Several landslides were registered in Quito due to the earthquake
The earthquake in Quito caused damage to the offices of the Carlos Andrade Marín Hospital
In 90 minutes, the ECU911 received 67 calls due to the earthquake in Quito
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Cigarette smuggling concerns and risky devices
The smuggling of cigarettes, which even questions their origin (and, therefore, the materials with which they are made), is one of the factors that worries a group of doctors about the additional damage that it would be causing in smokers and for increasingly encouraging consumption by the child and adolescent population.
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Two trans women were forbidden to take photos in the Basilica of the National Vow
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In social networks a video was viralized in which it is denounced that two trans women from Cuenca, who were visiting Quito, they were forbidden to take pictures in the Basilica of the National Vow. They were accompanied by their friend, the Ecuadorian actress Gabu. The three of them took photos with the facade of the Basilica in the background, when a security worker from the church tells them that they cannot take more photos without authorization. (I)
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