Leonardo Cortázar has been extradited from Panama to Ecuador. He is being processed for alleged organized crime within the high-profile 'Encuentro' case, a corruption scandal that implicated the government of former President Guillermo Lasso. Cortázar arrived in Ecuador on a police aircraft, where he was received by the Minister of the Interior, John Reimberg. The judicial process had been stalled because Cortázar and other defendants were at large. The 'Encuentro' case points to a network allegedly led by Danilo Carrera, Lasso's brother-in-law, who has already been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Following medical examinations, he will be taken to the 'Encuentro' prison, the country's maximum-security facility.
