An Ecuadorian judge called this Monday for a trial against a dozen defendants for breaking into the TC Televisión channel armed on January 9, during a live broadcast in the city of Guayaquil (west), in the middle of a day of violence national scale that included attacks, explosions, kidnapping of police officers and prison riots.
The State Attorney General’s Office indicated in a statement that the anti-corruption and organized crime judge following the case accepted the prosecutor’s request, issued the order calling for trial and confirmed the preventive detention order for the accused Manuel G., Juan PA , Joshua SR, Jordan TP, Miguel BP, Juan MC, Jonathan MP, Charles SV, Jorge AS, José OT and Adán QS
For another defendant, Willian Joffre AB, nicknamed ‘Negro Willy’ and identified by the authorities as the leader of the Los Tiguerones criminal gang, the judge decided to “maintain the international arrest and red diffusion order (Interpol)”, as he was considered as leader of a criminal organization and after being linked to the process on February 21, the Prosecutor’s Office stated.
The trial against this last defendant will be suspended “until he is located and detained,” the source added, specifying that the judge has also ordered to prohibit the transfer of assets and the retention of securities for up to $46,000 for each of the defendants.
The trial against this last defendant will be suspended “until he is located and detained,” the source added, specifying that the judge has also ordered to prohibit the transfer of assets and the retention of securities for up to $46,000 for each of the defendants.
In the assault on the channel, the group that carried out the raid threatened and attacked several members of the technical staff and journalists who broadcast the event live.
At the trial preparatory hearing held this Monday, the prosecutor in the case presented as evidence “the information and arrest report prepared by the National Police; audio, video and similar reports that are related to the events, the complaint presented by directors of the television channel and the reproduction of the anticipated testimony of one of the attacked journalists.”
In addition, the ballistics, electronic microscopy and technical ocular inspection reports, as well as other indications and evidence collected by the Judicial Police such as a rifle, two pistols, ammunition, explosives, mobile phones, bulletproof vests and communication radios.
In the assault on the channel, the group that carried out the raid threatened and attacked several members of the technical staff and journalists who broadcast the event live.
At the trial preparatory hearing held this Monday, the prosecutor in the case presented as evidence “the information and arrest report prepared by the National Police; audio, video and similar reports that are related to the events, the complaint presented by directors of the television channel and the reproduction of the anticipated testimony of one of the attacked journalists.”
In addition, the ballistics, electronic microscopy and technical ocular inspection reports, as well as other indications and evidence collected by the Judicial Police such as a rifle, two pistols, ammunition, explosives, mobile phones, bulletproof vests and communication radios.
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