Cases · requested by Ecuador

Rafael Correa: INTERPOL notice and outcome

Former President of Ecuador who has lived in Belgium since 2017, according to El Comercio.

What the requesting state alleged

Ecuadorian courts sentenced him to eight years in prison and political disqualification in the case known as Sobornos 2012 to 2016, according to El Comercio. His defence describes the cases as judicial harassment.

What happened

1. 3 July 2018A judge ordered his pretrial detention and requested an INTERPOL Red Notice¹Ecuadorian judiciary
2. 5 December 2018INTERPOL refused to publish a Red Notice, saying the requirements were not met¹INTERPOL
3. 29 April 2019INTERPOL maintained its refusal after a review request by Ecuador's National Court of Justice¹INTERPOL
4. 16 August 2021INTERPOL rejected a fourth request, and its control commission found the data did not comply with INTERPOL's data processing rules¹CCF
5. April 2022Belgium recognised him as a refugee, according to his lawyers^2,3,4Belgian refugee authority
6. 6 May 2022His lawyers said Belgium's Ministry of Justice would not act on Ecuador's extradition request, as reported by EFE and AFP^3,4Ministry of Justice of Belgium

Sources

1. Vistazo, Interpol rechaza pedido de alerta roja en contra del expresidente Rafael Correa (18 August 2021)
2. El Comercio (Ecuador), Bélgica concede asilo político al expresidente Correa (22 April 2022)
3. Vistazo, Bélgica rechaza extradición de Rafael Correa solicitada por Ecuador, según abogado (6 May 2022)
4. NTN24 (AFP), Justicia de Bélgica rechazó extraditar al expresidente Rafael Correa (7 May 2022)

A Red Notice is a request to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition. It is not an international arrest warrant and is not evidence of guilt. Read the guide.