“The journalist Juan Sarmiento was released this morning [Feb. 7] by the Judge of the Criminal Judicial Unit of Cantón Tena, Luis Eduardo Mendoza Chávez, after the prescription of a sentence against him.
The journalist was sentenced by the Ecuadorian justice to 10 days in prison, to the payment of 25 percent of a Unified Basic Remuneration (USD $100) and the request for a public apology for alleged moral damage to the former governor of Napo, Patricio Espíndola Lara. The journalist had questioned the former governor's handling of the pandemic."
