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The National Court of Ecuador (CNJ) announced this Monday that it has completed the process of requesting the extradition to Mexico of Jorge Cerres, a fugitive in a

Mexico refuses to extradite Ecuador for fugitive in police corruption case

The National Court of Ecuador (CNJ) announced this Monday that it has completed the process of requesting the extradition to Mexico of Jorge Cerres, a fugitive in a corruption case at the Police Social Security Institute (Isspol), after the justice of that country was against his transfer.

In a statement, CNJ reported that Mexican authorities “have decided to reject the official request for the extradition of Ecuadorian national Jorge OSM, who was wanted for the alleged crime of providing false information in the Ispol case.”

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He assured that this decision “is based on the fact that, in the opinion of the Mexican authorities, there is no criminal offense in their legislation equivalent to that disclosed by the Ecuadorian justice system.”

“Given this resolution, which is final, the President of the National Court has completed the extradition process as there is no room for any appeal under the current legal system,” the source said.

On January 21, Ecuadorian Judge Irene Perez summoned several former directors of the police unit, identified as Enrique EM and David Ivan PS; as well as former head of investment at Isspol Alfredo Daniel V.M.

Also indicted were Santiago Patricio D.T., former legal counsel; Rafael NO, former CFO; John L.A., former Chief Risk Officer; and Jorge Cerres, a representative of the investment company Ibcorp Investment.

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They were accused by the prosecutor’s office as “alleged direct culprits in the embezzlement” (waste) of Ispol funds.

“All of them would have participated in the process of concluding an agreement to repurchase the Global 2024 bonds between the directors of Isspol and the companies IBcorp Investments and Capital Ventura,” the prosecutor’s office said then.

Last November, the Ecuadorian government announced it planned to return about $440 million in 2023, representing just over half of the alleged fraud in Isspol accounts. EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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