BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ecuadorian media last Monday reported that Guillermo Lasso declared in a social media chat, “The godfathers of the drug trafficking mafias are the narco-politicians who act in their defense.” , which is trying to destabilize democracy in order to try to return to power.” Christophe Marchand, coordinator of Correa’s international defense, sees this as an indictment against Rafael Correa and the opponents of the citizens’ revolution.

Jus Cogens Advocats have sent a statement to the media to denounce these allegations as part of a broader movement trying to link Rafael Correa to drug trafficking and blaming him for the policies of his successors that led to the current disaster to have.

Regarding this manipulation, Christophe Marchand explains: “Rafael Correa has no connection to drug trafficking. Unfortunatelythat’s not the false rumors and accusations were spread about him for the first time without providing any evidence, to avoid the real problems that are the countless massacres in prisons and the dramatic situation of insecurity that Ecuador is experiencing today. It’s a new form of justice.”

Jus Cogens would like to clarify that Rafael Correa never formed an alliance with these criminals. In fact, during his presidency, the fight against drug trafficking was even praised by the United States, which recognized Ecuador in 2016 for seizing practically the same tons of drugs in 6.5 years as in the previous 19 years. In contrast, violent deaths have only increased since Lenin Moreno came to power. The annual number of homicides in 2007 was 2,273. When Rafael Correa left Ecuador, the number dropped to 970. The homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants had fallen from 15.9% (2007) to 5.78% (2017). In 2022, Ecuador again records a violent death rate of 15.48 per 100,000 inhabitants. Although the year 2022 is not yet over, 2,785 people have already lost their lives¹. When Rafael Correa left the government of Ecuador, it was…