Nine of the ten arrested for wearing National Police uniforms were released by a Quito judge;  the other has alternative measures

Nine of the ten arrested for wearing National Police uniforms were released by a Quito judge; the other has alternative measures

The judge of the Criminal Judicial Unit with Competence in Flagrant Infractions, in the Mariscal Sucre parish of the Metropolitan District of Quito, diomedes lasso Cow declared that nine of the ten arrested using motorcycles and uniforms with insignia of the National Police, are released due to insufficient evidence to determine the flagrante delicto.

According to a Police bulletin, the ten citizens were detained making a alleged operative in the Cumandá sector, in the center of the capital.

For the judge, in the complaint of Pichincha Prosecutor for the crime of usurpation and simulation of public functions, the nine citizens carried uniforms that “are of different colors than those of the Police, they do not have a criminal record, there is atypical behavior, so it conforms to the norm.” For these reasons he determined that They do not represent a danger to society.

On the tenth detainee, the judge determined alternative measures to preventive detention. The citizen will have exit ban from the country, periodic presentation every eight days at the State Attorney General’s Office. For this reason, it is also ordered his release however, since February 18, the 30-day tax instruction began.

The evidence provided by the police was as follows:

  • 7 motorcycles
  • 10 helmets
  • 2 communication radios
  • 7 bulletproof vests
  • 18 personal documents
  • 8 cell phones

In addition, they delivered the sworn statement of the police officers who carried out the arrest and the queries in the system. of information of the National Police (SIIPNE) who affirm that they do not consist as police officers. (I)

Source: Eluniverso

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