In mid-August 2021, former President Lenín Moreno notified the National Assembly that he would be absent from the country for three months.
The Police detain a foreigner of Colombian origin for the robbery that occurred last Wednesday night, in the apartment of former president Lenín Moreno located in the Las Cumbres building, in the northwest of Quito.
Everything would have happened after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when they entered the subsoil, at building parking lot, between three and four unknown people aboard a colored vehicle black brand Kia Sportage. According to reports, these people would have advanced directly to department 12 of the north tower of the Las Cumbres building and after forcing the security they entered to steal.
People in the building who had heard the strange and loud sounds notified ECU911 of the news, who in turn notified the Police.
For this the criminals had already taken possession of a safe, jewelry and other valuables, but when they realized that the police had arrived at the place they left some of those objects in different places in their flight.
Relatives of the former president were present at the scene, who has been living in the city of Miami, United States, for several months, after he notified the National Assembly, to mid-August last, who would be absent from the country for three months for work and personal, because he was going to meet his grandson who is about to be born. From what is known, the department was uninhabited.
Police officers in the company of security personnel from the building carried out a sweep in the building and surrounding areas, through which Henry C. inside a sewer pipe duct. The suspect was detained, but those who accompanied him fled the scene, even leaving the vehicle in which they arrived abandoned.
From the first investigations it is known that the vehicle in which the assailants were traveling was reported as stolen and had temporary plates that do not correspond to the Kia Sportage. Other indications were also raised at the scene of the robbery and are part of the respective chain of custody.
Close to the former president they would have already filed the respective complaint so that the fact can be investigated and the person arrested in flagrante delicto can also be prosecuted. (I)
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