The reader is familiar with the expression that describes the behavior of those who are convinced that they are untouchable: “I (…) on the piano lid.”

It was the dominating behavior of the “narco power” over the judicial function, because it had political patronage, to the audacity of announcing a tender for the appointment of seven judges of the State Court, and thus having judges a la carte, a tender that must be annulled as it was, demands Iván Saquicela, President of the National Court.

The case of metastasis: Wilman Terán, president of the judiciary, will remain in prison 4 in Quito

The statements and actions of the President of the Judicial Council, Wilman Terán, testified to his connection with former President Rafael Correa, which was reciprocated by the protection he provided him.

Progress has already been made in mismanagement of the judicial branch. The area that was not yet managed by the “narco power” or the belt was the State Attorney’s Office, which is why they trampled the procedures in the National Assembly, with the aim of impeaching the chief state attorney, Diana Salazar.

“The Metastasis case is a clear X-ray of how the drug trade has taken over the country,” says prosecutor Diana Salazar

With astonishing tenacity, between the night of Wednesday, December 13 and the early morning of Thursday, December 14, Dr. Salazar directed Operation Metastasis against the network of “narco-power” in spaces of public power.

Former President Correa, possibly due to infiltrators in the Prosecutor’s Office, gave notice at 11:31 am on December 13 about the procedure to be carried out: “@MashiRafael. We have this information. A reliable contact tells us that a major national raid will be launched at dawn today against people who bother 10/20 (derogatory to prosecutor Diane Salazar) They have assigned 57 prosecutors to the operation. The operation would be aimed at disrupting the tender process of the Judicial Council.”

Progress has already been made in mismanagement of the judicial branch. The area he has not managed yet is the State Attorney’s Office.

Those who were warned may have believed that the raids would not occur, they had no idea that they would be arrested; In some cases, it appears that there were those who went into hiding and also that evidence was altered.

Apart from the fact that the former president of the Republic acted as a “ringer” – a person in charge within the group of attackers to give a tip that they might be discovered – and that he could be prosecuted for that behavior, it was disloyal behavior towards the country.

Judge Felipe Córdova is judging the Metastasis case at the National Court of Justice

It is evident that despite the agreement within the National Assembly with Correat and the Social Christian Party (PSC), the Government cooperated with the Prosecutor’s Office in order to make the action successful. Last Saturday, President Daniel Noboa was explicit: “Don’t forget this week, which will be one of the most decisive for this Government, but also for the next ten years (…). “We have attacked crime, we have gone to war with organized criminal groups, as well as with corruption that is rooted in the judicial branch.”

Regarding the alleged relationship between the belt and the “narco-power”, former minister María Paula Romo points out: “Literally, they use the same lawyers who sign their files, the same ones who represented them in the bribery case, in Singue, the ones who filed the habeas corpus tricks to get them out of position.” prison like Glas, the same ones who defended drug dealers.” (OR)