30 January 2014 Last updated at 00:59 GMT

Ecuador former police chief Edgar Vaca arrested in the US

 

 

Nine army officers and one police general were charged in the landmark case

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Police in the United States have arrested former Ecuadorean police commander Edgar Vaca, who is accused of human rights abuses.

The interior minister in Quito issued a statement saying that the retired general was arrested in Washington and will be extradited to Ecuador.
Mr Vaca and nine other officers have been accused of kidnapping and torturing three left-wing rebels in 1985.
He denies all the charges.
An international arrest order had been issued for Mr Vaca.
He was detained on Monday at the request of Interpol, but the news was only confirmed by the Ecuadorean government on Wednesday.
The alleged violations were committed under the government of late President Leon Febres Cordero, who was in power from 1984 to 1988.
The three victims - Susana Cajas, Javier Jarrin and Luis Vaca - were detained in November 1985 for alleged links to an underground opposition group, the Eloy Alfaro Popular Armed Forces.
"They were tortured, beaten, and submitted to particularly sadistic forms of torture, including electric shocks to their genitals," said chief prosecutor Galo Chiriboga.

 

 

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State of the Union by Alex Jones - 28 JAN 2014 - "Leave The U.S. While You Still Can"

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Matt Drudge:  "Have an Exit Plan" - 

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1/26/2014 How to visit El Inca Prison in Quito

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  First of all thank you for visiting this blog. I am creating it to be a voice for the inmates and small children who reside there. There is some old information about this prison online that is no longer true. I want this blog to be useful and accurate.

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