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Security & Strategic Review - October 2024
ECUADOR: ‘Metástasis’ investigation tackles infiltration of judiciary
Ecuador’s Attorney General Diana Salazar is spearheading a massive effort to purge the judiciary of corruption, amid fears that organised crime groups have thoroughly infiltrated the country’s justice system. The corruption purge, centred around the sprawling ‘Metástasis’ investigation, has seen dozens of judges, politicians, and law enforcement personnel accused of working in coordination with criminal gangs. The allegations reach the highest rungs of the Ecuadorean state, with a former president of Ecuador’s judicial council, Wilman Terán (2023), among those accused of involvement. The launch of the Metástasis investigation is widely believed to have been a key factor in the massive uprising by criminal gangs in January [SSR-24-02].
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