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Protesters gathered outside the Court of Justice on Wednesday after preventive detention was ordered against Guayaquil Mayor Aquiles Alvarez. Demonstrators denounced the case as political and judicial persecution by the Daniel Noboa government and demanded Alvarez’s release. Several political figures and organizations also rejected the arrest, framing it as an attack on democratic rights. Alvarez still has the possibility of presenting evidence to dismiss the charges against him as the judicial process continues.

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00:00Moving on to Ecuador, in response to the arrest of Mayor Aquiles Álvarez, the Ecuadorian
00:05people demanded his freedom.
00:07During his trial on Wednesday, Ecuadorian protesters gathered outside the Court of Justice, where
00:12his preventive detention was ordered.
00:14The protesters also called for his release during his process, and this is a case of
00:18political and judicial persecution by the Daniel Novoa regime.
00:22It should be noted that several political figures and organizations rejected this arrest.
00:26Mayor Aquiles Álvarez also has the possibility of presenting evidence to dismiss the charges
00:32against him.
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