Ecuadorean ex-president sentenced in shooting

Ecuador's Supreme Court sentenced former President Otto Arosemena Gomez to 30 days' correctional arrest for shooting and wounding a parliamentary deputy last year. During a debate in Congress, Mr. Arosemena, of the independent Democratic Institutionalist Coalition, pulled out a gun and shot his Conservative rival, Pablo Davalos Dilon, in the leg. The Supreme Court verdict over-ruled a previous lower-court acquittal.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Ecuadorean ex-president sentenced in shooting
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0903/090330.html
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe