A judge in Ecuador has issued this Friday preventive detention against the former presidential candidate Luisa González and two other people arrested the day before, in the context of a case for alleged money laundering linked to the financing of the 2023 electoral campaign.
Responding to the request of the Prosecutor's Office, the magistrate has ordered that González remain in custody, as well as the former deputy Santiago Díaz and Wendy Onofre, secretary of the RETO Movement, a center-left formation also identified as List 33.
For her part, Estefanía Molina, who served as González's assistant when she competed with Daniel Noboa for the Presidency of Ecuador three years ago, has been released, although with precautionary measures. Among them are the obligation to periodically report to the authorities, the prohibition of leaving the national territory, and the use of an electronic bracelet.
The judicial resolution comes after charges were filed against the four accused of an alleged crime of money laundering. According to the accusation, the Citizens' Revolution movement would have financed its electoral campaign with resources from "illicit" activities linked to the marketing of hydrocarbons.
González, arrested in the early hours of Thursday in the province of Manabí, has claimed to be a victim of "political persecution" and has warned about an alleged "dictatorship" of Noboa.