Aquiles Alvarez

Rule Changes

Convicted in first instance in Triple A and Grillete cases; third case pending

Luisa González is being held at a women's prison in Riobamba while prosecutors investigate whether about $500,000 in suspected fuel-smuggling profits paid for advertising in her 2023 presidential campaign. A judge ordered her detained on October 23, a day after police arrested her at home in Manabí province.

Updated Oct 28