Hernán Luque Lecaro was arrested in Argentinain the next few hours he would arrive in Ecuador, where he must appear in court.
The International Police in Argentina arrested the former public official this Thursday, February 8. Luque was the city of Buenos Aires.
Luque will be extradited during the next few hours after work coordinated by the authorities of Argentina and Ecuador.
A preventive detention order weighs on Hernán Luque, which was issued to him in November 2023, within the Encuentro case.
Luque chaired the Board of Directors of the Public Companies Coordinating Company (EMCO) by appointment of former President Guillermo Lasso, and served until the end of 2022.
According to El Universo newspaper, Luque’s arrest took place on Gurruchaga Street and he lived in the Palermo neighborhood.
The justice system was looking for the former official for the alleged crime of “criminal organization, association or group, bribery or corruption.”
Until now, the Ecuadorian authorities They have not yet commented on Luque’s arrest.
Several weeks ago, Argentine authorities expelled several people related to Adolfo M., who were in a home in a luxurious neighborhood of Córdoba.
This would be the second operation in which the Argentine authorities cooperate with Ecuador after Javier Milei assumed the Presidency.