QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s govt on Sunday presented a $100,000 praise for info at the whereabouts of a lawmaker whom government accused of raping a minor.
The case in opposition to Santiago Díaz Asque become public when he used to be expelled from an opposition celebration previous this week. Inner Minister Jhon Reimberg in a publish on X stated the praise is for “true and verifiable” data on Díaz’s location.
Government on Wednesday raided 3 houses related to the case, however prosecutor’s have declined to offer main points of the investigation.
Díaz asked unpaid go away from the Nationwide Meeting after he used to be kicked out of the Citizen Revolution celebration, but it surely used to be denied. He additionally revealed a letter during which he rejected the accusation and characterised it as at try to “silence my incorruptible and important voice.”
If convicted, Díaz may just resist 22 years in jail below present regulation.
President Daniel Noboa on Friday stated he had despatched lawmakers a proposed constitutional reform that might permit the chemical castration of folks convicted of rape. He stated the Nationwide Meeting would now get to turn “who in reality stands with the sufferers and who’s prepared to give protection to the abusers.”
