Ecuador lawmaker rejects transit firm statement, defends witness secrecy in Muñoz tithe probe

Ecuadorian assemblyman Juan Esteban Guarderas has publicly rejected a statement from Empresa de Pasajeros and defended the confidentiality of witnesses in an investigation into alleged tithes for the campaign of Pabel Muñoz. Guarderas also recalled that former president Rafael Correa previously disclosed the name of Carlos Murillo as a potential witness. The dispute centers on procedural transparency and witness protection in a politically sensitive corruption case.