The police commander indicated that it is known that the ex-president’s son would seek to leave the country.
In a radio interview, the general commander of the National Police, Patricio Carrillo, announced that the national authorities have information about Jacobo Bucaram.
Carrillo said that Bucaram is in national territory and assured that efforts are being redoubled to find his whereabouts.
“The investigation is being carried out with the intelligence personnel, we have the confidence that it is still in national territory and that it seeks the possibility of leaving,” he said.
Jacobo is investigated for illicit association together with his brothers. But he is related to his father Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz due to the events of the last weekend in which one of the two Israeli citizens died in the Litoral Penitentiary, with whom he would have had business for the purchase of medical supplies.
As a result of this issue, former President Bucaram would have held telephone conversations with foreigners, in order to prevent his son Jacobo from getting involved, and for this reason his home was searched last Wednesday and his arrest was proceeded for alleged organized crime. .
Carrillo clarified that the Police only comply with the order issued by the Judicial Branch for Bucaram Ortiz to appear before the authorities.
In addition, he mentioned that an internal investigation will be carried out to the institutions that participated in the operation to determine why the videos of the entrance to the former president’s residence were leaked. Situation that was commented on on social networks by citizens,
He said that the disproportionality of the images has to be analyzed in conjunction with the principle of legality and human rights.
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