An Ecuadorian intelligence report has revealed alleged links between the Government of President Guillermo Lasso and the Albanian mafia and drug trafficking.

Quito.- According to the digital media La Posta, a report from the National Police's Anti-Narcotics Unit proves the "strong ties" of high levels of drug trafficking with the Ecuadorian administration through Danilo Carrera, the president’s brother-in-law and an alleged ringleader of the corruption scheme.

The journalistic report pointed out that the Government wanted to disappear this document on how Carrera and his friend Rubén Cherrez had ties with a company apparently used as a front for the commercialization of drugs and attended meetings with the Albanian mafia.

Local media published photos of the documents to prove the accusation, which shakes Lasso and his team.

Journalist Andersson Boscan, leader of the investigative team, affirmed that the 145-page report, to which he had access, will be delivered to authorities and the different instances of justice, the National Assembly, and the international press.

These new revelations are added to previous ones about the alleged existence of a corruption network in public companies of the energy sector, the so-called Encuentro Case.

This scandal further weakens the Government, which last weekend underwent an electoral setback since citizens rejected the questions of its constitutional referendum and voted in favor of progressive candidates for mayoral and prefectural offices.

In the meantime, several voices are calling for the resignation of President Lasso, an impeachment trial, a recall, or the so-called crossed death as legal ways to put an end to his mandate and anticipate elections. (PL)