Two Former Officials to Be Tried in Ecuador – Prensa Latina

The Ecuadorian National Assembly will analyze on Tuesday some requests from the National Court of Justice to authorize trials against former Vice President Maria Alejandra Vicuña and former legislator Norma Vallejo, for alleged concussion. Vicuña and Vallejo are being investigated for supposedly having used their posts as legislators to ask for contributions, in own benefit to members of their work teams. The crime, according to the Penal Code, is punishable with three-to-five-year custodial sentences. Read more>>