Ecuador court orders arrest of former President Rafael Correa in kidnap probe [View all]
An Ecuadorian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of former President Rafael Correa, who lives in Brussels, over links to the kidnapping of an opponent in Colombia.
The National Court of Justice said Judge Daniella Camacho "resolves to impose preventive detention" against Correa and has alerted Interpol.
Correa, who was president from 2007 to 2017 and now lives in his wife's native Belgium, is under investigation for involvement in the attempted kidnapping of former right-wing Ecuadorian lawmaker Fernando Balda in Colombia in 2012.
Last month, the court ordered Correa to appear in court every two weeks. Three police intelligence agents have already been ordered arrested in the case, in addition to an ex-police commander and a former top intelligence official, who was arrested last month in Spain.
Correa believes his successor, President Lenin Moreno, may be behind the charges, and has accused him of misusing his power. He said in a recent Twitter message that he had no knowledge of the crime.
"Maybe they can get some false testimony. But they'll never prove anything, because there is nothing."
At: http://www.france24.com/en/20180704-ecuador-court-orders-arrest-ex-leader-correa-kidnap-probe
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