Regarding Sebastián Yunda, son of former mayor Jorge Yunda, an extradition process is pending to be brought to Ecuador from Argentina, the country where he was detained.
A little more than an hour and a half lasted in the North Judicial Complex, in Quito, on Thursday afternoon, the hearing to hear the anticipated testimony of the musical entrepreneur Gonzalo A., within the process against Sebastián Yunda, son of former mayor Jorge Yunda, and seven more people accused of the crime of illicit association.
The diligence occurs four days after the 120 days of prosecution that the Pichincha criminal judge concludes. Máximo Ortega ordered in this case, in which the existence of of a structure that had access to privileged information to benefit from money from contracts related to the Municipality of Quito.
Sebastián Yunda is requested in extradition by the judge in the case of illicit association; the procedure remains in the hands of the president of the National Court
Judge Ortega, the prosecutor of the case, was present in room 405 on the fourth floor of the Judicial Complex. Mónica Tirado, as well as several of the lawyers of the eight defendants. There is another group that was allowed to withdraw from the diligence via telematics.
Gonzalo A., last November 26, in his version spoke of the Viva Quito 2019 fair that he held and in which the musical band 4AM, led by Sebastián Yunda, sought to invest. Also, at the end of the version, the businessman reported that he had received phone calls in which they told him “that in the case of mentioning the name of Isabel Yunda”, her life and the integrity of her family “would be in danger.”
That initial fact, according to Édgar Molina, Sebastián Yunda’s lawyer, was not mentioned in the anticipated testimony of the music entrepreneur. “The man now did not remember the threat, he did not say anything about the threat. He only said the same thing again that Sebastián Yunda participated in the fair and that it was a private contribution and that there was no public money, “said Molina after the diligence that ended around 4:00 p.m. this Thursday.
Along with the eldest son of the dismissed mayor of Quito, César Yunda, Sebastián’s uncle; Christian Hernández, former advisor to Jorge Yunda; the former chief of staff of the then mayor Yunda, Cinthya Puga; Adrián Haro, former manager of the public company EMSeguridad; event organizer Pamela Novoa; businesswoman Nancy Gaibor and her husband, the former director of the Ecuadorian-China Chamber of Commerce Yinlong Wang.
“We are contacted by phone by a local group called 4AM, in which Sebastián plays and is part Yunda, asking us for your desire to participate in our international fair (Viva Quito 2019) and to promote your group. This is the reason why our interest in helping and promoting this group is awakened, ”said Gonzalo A. in his version last November.
The Ministry of Government assures that Sebastián Yunda was released in Argentina, but must meet certain requirements while his extradition is processed
Shortly after, a meeting was held at the 4AM group offices to hear the proposal. Isabel Yunda, Sebastián’s mother, would have presented herself as a representative of the group and he asked them to promote and be present throughout the fair of the group led by his son.
The 4AM representatives would have offered to invest in the fair and help them get private support for the event, said the businessman and today a protected witness. “The investment proposal It initially consisted of a contribution for advertising and development of our fair of $ 20,000 by the 4AM group ”.
To the contribution of the $ 20,000 of which he spoke in his initial version and had been deposited in the account of Pamela Novoa, in the testimony the businessman added that they were made three cash deliveries for the fair, whose total, together with what was initially deposited, reached $ 100,000.
Several of the attorneys for the defendants participated in the hearing asking questions of the businessman, who would be part of the Victims and Witnesses Program of the Prosecutor’s Office.
The next January 3 concludes the fiscal instruction in this case. (I)
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