United States Deports Former Ecuadorian Minister José Serrano Over Assassination Charges
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The United States has deported former Ecuadorian minister José Serrano to Ecuador, where he faces accusations of planning the 2023 assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. President Daniel Noboa confirmed the arrival of Serrano on Friday. Serrano, a former Interior Minister and president of the National Assembly under Rafael Correa, had been in U.S. custody in Florida since being detained for visa violations. His request for asylum was denied by a judge in May. Upon his return, Serrano is expected to be held at El Encuentro prison in Santa Elena province following a ratified order for preventive detention. He is one of seven suspects investigated by the Ecuadorian Prosecutor's Office as an intellectual author of the homicide, which was carried out by hired killers on August 9, 2023, in Quito. President Noboa used social media to announce the deportation and issued a warning to former President Rafael Correa, stating that Correa would be the next to be detained.
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- The report focused on the factual delivery of the accused minister to Ecuador without additional political commentary.
- Centre-right
- The report emphasized the legal details of the deportation and highlighted President Noboa's direct threats toward former President Rafael Correa.
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