PoliticalEcuador·Unpinned4 Sept 2026 · 3d ago

Ecuadorian Court Orders Arrest of Former President Abdalá Bucaram

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On September 3, 2026, a Guayaquil criminal court ordered the arrest of former Ecuadorian president Abdalá Bucaram after a sentencing hearing for an organized crime case collapsed for the sixth time since July. The court issued the order for Bucaram, alongside co-defendants Jacobo Bucaram, Oren Sheinman, and Leandro Berrones, due to the former president's…

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