An Ecuadorian judge has ordered former left-wing presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez, who lost to President Daniel Noboa in 2023, held in pre-trial detention a day after her arrest on alleged money-laundering charges, which she and her ally Rafael Correa call political persecution. Al Jazeera
Al JazeeraEcuador judge orders pre-trial detention of leftist presidential candidateLuisa Gonzalez, who lost to right-wing president Daniel Noboa in 2023, has called the arrest political persecution.
Prosecutors say Gonzalez is one of seven people under investigation over the financing of the 2023 campaign. How should courts and voters tell a genuine corruption case from political persecution when the accused is a leading opposition figure?
