Assassination of Correa was a setup, says detainee
by Adriaan Alsema June 16, 2008
Jiménez Orozco said one his fellow detainees set everything up to collect a reward. He says he has no criminal record and refuses any links to Colombian armed groups.The suspect, currently held by Ecuadorean authorities, says he is a spare car parts dealer in Venezuela and came to Ecuador, because one of the suspects offered him a job there.The Colombian, who had told the authorities he belonged to a paramilitary organization "basically set up a circus in order to collect a reward" Jiménez said.Jiménez didn't say who would have offered the reward. (Efe)