RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Constitutional Court of Ecuador rejected as moot a claim for extraordinary action of protection filed against a resolution issued by the Corporation of Governments and Communities of the Otavalo Canton (CORDEGCO), which sought to convict a defendant of the crime of slander.
The case refers to a resolution issued by CORDEGCO, a body of the Kichwa Otavalo people, whereby it "convicted" a businessman for the crime of slander and ordered him to pay US$1.8 million plus undergo punishment consisting of "cold water bath, naked, nettle, whip and carrying sand for two kilometers, round . . .
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