Judge Carmen Vásquez accepted the appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office, but the votes of judges José Poveda and Alberto Lino gave way to their innocence being confirmed.
With a divided vote, a criminal court ratified the dismissal in favor of the brothers Dalo and Michel Bucaram, Gabriela Pazmiño and Marco Sevillano, within the investigation opened against them for alleged organized crime.
Judge Carmen Vásquez accepted the appeal of the Prosecutor’s Office, however, the votes of judges José Poveda and Alberto Lino gave way to ratify the state of innocence of the four citizens.
The judge who dismissed Dalo Bucaram and Gabriela Pazmiño received threats last year from foreigners
This week, a criminal court declared the factual appeal filed by the Prosecutor’s Office to the denial of appeal issued previously by Judge Ronald Guerrero for the dismissal of the four citizens.
This judicial case is still in the trial stage for more than ten defendants, among them are the brothers Daniel and Noé Salcedo, Luis Jairala Zunino, former director of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital of the Social Security (IESS).
The Prosecutor’s Office investigates an alleged corruption network in the acquisition of medicines in public hospitals. (I)
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