Ex-Ecuadorean president calls charges political

By Washington Examiner

Published May 28, 2014 9:25pm ET

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Ex-Ecuadorean president calls charges political — FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2000 file photo, Ecuador's President Jamil Mahuad, center, his daughter Paola Mahuad, right, and military officials arrive to Congress in Quito, Ecuador. Ecuadorean authorities announced on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 via Twitter that an arrest warrant has been issued for former President Jamil Mahuad for allegedly misappropriating public funds during the country's late 1990s banking crisis. Mahuad fled a 2000 coup and settled in the United States. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File) | Silvia Izquierdo

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Former Ecuadorean President Jamil Mahuad says an arrest warrant issued for him on corruption charges is unfounded political persecution.

Mahuad says in a statement emailed from his Harvard University account that he has argued since the case began in Ecuador 13 years ago that it was “predominantly political.”

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