The former minister of the Correísta regime, and former Secretary of Water, Wálter Solís will be one of the six linked to the case of an alleged crime of embezzlement in the case of the Reconstruction of Manabí investigated by the State Attorney General’s Office.
That body has already requested the National Court of Justice for a date and time to link Solís and five other people to the file opened against the former vice president, sentenced for corruption. Jorge Glas and asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Quitothe then technical secretary of the Reconstruction Committee created by the fugitive former president of justice Rafael Correa, after the earthquake of April 16, 2016, Carlos Bernal and Pablo Ortiz.
The investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office determined the possible existence of an “abuse of public money for the benefit of third parties, natural and legal persons, who were contractors and inspectors of contracts signed within the framework of the emergency due to the earthquake of April 16, 2016,” as noted by Diana Salazar.
In addition to Solís, the fiscal impulse points to Franklin Bernal, Boris Córdova, Omar Chamorro, Víctor Jaramillo and Milton Maldonado. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, “data appears from the tax investigation that presume” his participation in the events that that entity is investigating.
An open case since 2019
Exactly five years ago, on April 25, 2019, the Prosecutor’s Office received a complaint filed by Council for Citizen Participation and Transitory Social Control (CPCCS) headed by Dr. Nicole Bonifaz, on “the alleged abuse of public money using funds from the Law of Solidarity and Citizen Co-responsibility for the Reconstruction and Reactivation of Areas Affected by the Earthquake.” It was precisely Bonifaz who presented private accusation against Glas, Bernal and Ortiz.
The Court ordered that the judicial attorney of Bonifaz recognize the signature of the accusation. He arranged that Henry Benalcazar appear before that court within the next 24 hours to acknowledge the content of your accusation.
Glas is designated by the Comptroller’s Office
In the case there is also a report with indications of criminal responsibility of the Comptrolleras part of a special examination of the contracts signed for the Construction of the Las Vegas Park, located in Portoviejo and the Construction of the Access section project to the Port of Mantaroundel of the Colisa Empire, whose financing came from the Solidarity Law funds, which were specific to face the consequences of the earthquake, the Prosecutor’s Office mentioned.
Although the request to file charges against Glas and others was made in June 2023, the hearing could only be held in early January. Before that procedure, in December 2023, Glas entered the embassy of Mexico, in the north of Quito, where he remains as a guest. Police officers remain outside the diplomatic legation. For Glas it is the third file and for Solís the second.
The appearances
Meanwhile, investigative proceedings continue in that case. On Thursday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m., the version of Gabriela Rosero via Zoom. And, at 3:00 p.m., the expansion of Pablo Ortiz’s version has been arranged. Meanwhile, under legal precautions, the version of José Martínez at 4:00 p.m. and María Augusta Larco at 12:00 was reported for the second time. Before them, at 1:00 p.m., the extension of Saúl Velasco’s version is scheduled.
The Prosecutor’s Office also requested the SPichincha Migration Support Service to send certified copies of the migratory movements of Solís and those newly investigated. It was requested that those potentially investigated be notified so that they can access the tax file and exercise their right to defense.
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