Ecuador Judicial Council dissolves Anticorruption Unit, transfers cases to regular criminal judges

Ecuador's Judicial Council ordered the suppression of the Anticorruption Unit, with its competencies transferred to criminal judges in the Iñaquito Unit and Pichincha Court. President Mercedes Caicedo stated that cases with installed hearings will continue with the same anticorruption judges, but the structural change raises uncertainty about ongoing and future corruption cases. This marks a significant institutional shift in Ecuador's anti-corruption framework.