Ecuador judge orders 30 to trial in corruption case

QUITO (Reuters) – A judge in Ecuador on Monday ordered 30 people to trial in a wide-ranging organized crime and drug trafficking case involving the Andean country’s judicial system.

Defendants called to trial include the former president of the judicial system’s regulator, provincial officials, judges and prosecutors, as well as a former police general and staff from the SNAI prison agency, among others.

(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; Writing by Brendan O’Boyle; Editing by Kylie Madry)