In the continuation of the post-Assange Ecuadoran crackdown, a judge on Friday signed an order to detain the nation’s former Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, who is accused of having ties to Assange.
It isn’t clear what Patino is to be charged with, but he is accused of
being part of an Assange-related plot and knowing Swedish hacker Ola
Bini, who Ecuador also recently arrested. It may not ultimately matter,
however, as Patino had the foresight to have fled the country on
Wednesday.
Partino has been critical of President Moreno, and that seems to be the
center of his move against him.Though his whereabouts are unknown,
Ecuador indicated that are putting out an Interpol red notice for his
capture.
The Moreno government’s recent handover of Assange was seen as part of
an effort to please the US and ensure IMF support. This could easily
also be an aspect of that, as Patino was a big part of the past
government’s policies that soured the US on Ecuador in the first place.
Never rely on a weak country to do the right thing…
Or a big, strong country like ours 🙂
Never rely on any country to ever do anything whatsoever. Rely on self interest and adgrandizement as the wind direction of all statrcraft. Rarely is the right thing the same thing for two or more sovereign entities.
Ecuador and Moreno have turned into true lackeys of the US