Arrest warrant issued for former Ecuador president Mahuad, accused of corruption

[Judi Lynn]

Arrest warrant issued for former Ecuador president Mahuad, accused of corruption
By Gonzalo Solano, The Associated Press May 27, 2014 5:00 PM

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuadorean authorities announced on Tuesday that an arrest warrant has been issued for former President Jamil Mahuad for allegedly misappropriating public funds during the country's late 1990s banking crisis.

Interior Minister Jose Serrano said via Twitter that the international police agency Interpol had issued a so-called red notice about the warrant based on "the meticulous work we have been doing on the information that led to this action."

Serrano did not offer any details about Mahuad's alleged crime, or say when the warrant was issued. Mahuad has been on trial, in absentia, for more than 13 years in Ecuador.
In December 2012, Ecuador asked Interpol to issue a red notice on Mahuad but the agency denied the request. The presiding judges in the case have decided to halt the trial without Mahuad.

Mahuad, 64, was president in 1998-2000 and fled Ecuador during a coup, settling in the United States, where he has taught classes at Harvard University.

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1. Why can't we do this to the Pukes in this country? nt