Diego Borja, a former vice-presidential candidate in Ecuador, has publicly denounced an alleged detention attempt by immigration authorities. teleSUR
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The former vice presidential candidate of Ecuador, Diego Borja, of the Citizens Revolution Movement Party
00:06denounced this Wednesday that immigration authorities tried to detain him and prevent him from leaving the country.
00:12The incident occurred when the leftist politician tried to enter Colombia with his wife for tourism during Holy Week.
00:20He also said that the immigration authorities at the Rumishaka Bridge tried to detain him
00:25and even took his identity card from him without a court order, without any explanation and with absolute arrogance.
00:33He also added that he considered this action a reprisal for defending a political project
00:39that has always believed in social justice, the distribution of prosperity, sovereignty and dignity.