Ecuador’s government offered this Sunday a reward of $ 100,000 to whom it provides information from the whereabouts of Santiago DíazAssemblyman recently expelled from the Correísta Movement Citizen Revolution After being accused of raping a minor. The announcement was made by the Minister of the Interior, John Reimberg, In his account of the social network X, where he published a poster with his face from Díaz and a “is sought.”
The data that lead to the assemblyman can be delivered by calling 1800-Delito (335486) or 131, the official number of the Rewards Plan that the government activated to get information About leaders of bands racketeering. “Absolute confidentiality is guaranteed,” Reimberg added in the publication.
Díaz was denounced this week for being the alleged author of a violation of a 12 -year -old girl, an accusation that he rejected and described as a “judicial assembly” against him. After the complaint was made public, the Citizen Revolutionparty led by former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), expelled him from his ranks. The legislator said that he was going to request a license without remuneration from the National Assembly (Parliament) to defend against the accusation, but the Board of Directors of Legislative (CAL) denied his request.
Three raids in Quito
On Wednesday, the Prosecutor’s Office made three raids In Quito, the capital of the country, within the framework of open investigation and in those records the police confiscated electronic documents and devicesincluded Eight mobile phoness, with the aim of collecting indications. In this week it was also known that, five days before the complaint for violation was made public, Díaz proposed before the Parliament a reform of article 175 of the Ecuadorian Criminal Code so that the Age of consent For a sexual relationship down 18 to 14 years.
In the Correa government, Díaz since 2009 charges in the Presidency of the Republicin the National Water Secretariatin the Contentious Electoral Court and the National Electricity Corporation. Between 2014 and 2018 he served as an advisor to the already disappeared Intelligence Secretariat (Senain) and, during the presidential elections of 2021, he was appointed attorney of the Union for Hope Alliance (UNES), the movement that promoted the candidacies of the Correísas Andrés Arauz y Carlos Rabascall for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, respectively. Correa himself was sentenced to Eight years in prison for bribery.
