Ecuador to Release Classified Documents on 2010 Coup Attempt
Ecuador to Release Classified Documents on 2010 Coup Attempt
Published 28 September 2015
Nearly five years have passed since the attempted coup on the government of President Rafael Correa, when a police rebellion turned violent. Relatives of those killed remember the day's events, and the Attorney General Office of Ecuador has revealed new developments in their investigation.
The National Police Hospital in Quito was the site of a police rebellion nearly five years ago. President Rafael Correa was held inside the building, and the Attorney General Office of Ecuador has classified the events of Sept. 30, 2010 to be a failed coup attempt. Mateo Bolaños's brother, Juan Pablo Bolaños, was a student caught in the crossfire and killed by a police officer.
Remembering the events of that day, Bolaños told teleSUR, “I saw how the police officer Froilan Jimenez was killed, and I felt something in my heart that something happened to my family there. I tried to call my brother and he did not answer, and then I got a phone call from the hospital, the clinic, saying that Juan Pablo was there. We went to see him, and this was the first time I had lost somebody close to me in my family, he was more than a brother for me, he was a constant companion, and we were always together.”
Attorney General of Ecuador Galo Chiriboga says 179 people have been found guilty of the crimes committed on Sept. 30 and 72 innocent. While the perpetrator of Juan Pablo Bolaños's death has been sentenced, the deaths of two police officers Froilan Jimenez and Edwin Calderon, as well as two members of the armed forces Jacinto Cortez and Darwin Panchi are still under investigation. The possible declassification of related documents is expected to expedite this process.
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