Ecuador: New Arrests in COVID-19 Supplies Corruption Case
Published 13 July 2020 (8 hours 53 minutes ago)
A hospital purchased corpse bags at US$148.50. Their unitary cost, however, was about US$12.
An Ecuadorean judge Monday ordered the preventive detention of five people to investigate the alleged sale of drugs that were donated to Guayaquil city during the pandemic.
The State Attorney General's Office tweeted that Judge Marco Guerra ordered preventive prison for "Abraham and Moises M., and Alvaro P., Victor Ch. and Erick P. for the alleged organized crime to commercialize COVID-19 medicines," which were donated to the Ecuadorean Social Security Institute (IESS).
The five people were detained last weekend in the Guayas province, during an intervention carried out by the Prosecutor Office's Task Force in the cities of Guayaquil, Duran, and Daule.
Abraham M. was the physical trainer of Daniel Salcedo, who is linked to an investigation for the alleged crime of embezzlement, in the acquisition of medical supplies for Los Ceibos Hospital in Guayaquil.
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Heck of a job y'r doin' President Lenín Moreno.
