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Noboa tells Correa 'your turn is coming' after announcing ex-minister's return

From El Comercio · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa sent a message to former President Rafael Correa, stating "your turn is coming" after announcing the transfer of former Interior Minister José Serrano from the U.S. to a detention center in Ecuador.
  • Serrano, who served as Interior Minister under Correa, is now a "new guest" at the El Encuectro prison, a move Noboa framed as fulfilling a promise.
  • Both Serrano and Correa face arrest orders in Ecuador; Serrano's is precautionary for a murder case, while Correa's is definitive following a conviction for bribery, though he resides in Belgium and Interpol has rejected extradition requests.

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa directly challenged former President Rafael Correa, tweeting "your turn is coming" after announcing the return of former Interior Minister José Serrano from the United States to an Ecuadorian prison.

We said it, we did it. José Serrano, Correa's interior minister, is the new guest of El Encuentro. Your turn is coming soon.

— Daniel NoboaPresident Noboa's tweet announcing Serrano's transfer and addressing Correa.

Noboa's message, directed at Correa's social media handle, accompanied the news of Serrano's transfer to the El Encuectro detention center in Santa Elena. "We said it, we did it. José Serrano, Correa's interior minister, is the new guest of El Encuentro. Your turn is coming soon," Noboa declared, fulfilling a stated promise.

Serrano, who held key security posts under Correa's administration, now faces a precautionary detention order related to a murder case. Correa himself has a definitive arrest warrant stemming from a bribery conviction in the "Sobornos" case, which investigated alleged irregular contributions to a political movement during his presidency. Correa has been living in Belgium since 2017, and Ecuador's extradition requests have been rejected by Interpol on multiple occasions.

Are you well or high as always, you drug addict bum?

— Rafael CorreaCorrea's response to Noboa's tweet.

Correa, who leads the opposition Revolución Ciudadana movement, has characterized the conviction against him as political persecution. He responded to Noboa's tweet with insults and a cryptic message about "traitors." "The guard dogs: they guard the master's house, but they will never let them in. Anyway. PS. You can always count on traitors: they never change," Correa posted.

The guard dogs: they guard the master's house, but they will never let them in. Anyway. PS. You can always count on traitors: they never change.

— Rafael CorreaCorrea's second message responding to Noboa's tweet.
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Originally published by El Comercio in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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