Fernando Balda

Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores (born 3 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian politician who claimed that he had been abducted in July 2012 in Bogotá, Colombia, to which he had fled because in 2009 he had dropped his support for the Ecuadorian government, had changed from being a member of parliament for Alianza País to an opposition member of the Patriotic Society Party,[1] and had been accused of involvement in a failed coup in 2010.[2][3] Balda was deported from Colombia to Ecuador in October 2012 to serve a prison sentence.[4] As of 2019, Ecuador is asking for its former president Rafael Correa to be extradited from Belgium for involvement in the purported abduction.[5][6]

Fernando Balda
Born
Fernando Marcelo Balda Flores

(1971-08-03) 3 August 1971
Guayaquil, Ecuador
NationalityEcuadorian
Alma materUniversity of Guayaquil
OccupationPolitician and activist
Political partyPAIS Alliance (2006–2008)
Patriotic Society (2008–2016)
Unity, Change and Progress (since 2016)
Ahead Ecuadorian Ahead (since 2018)
Criminal charge(s)Slander
Criminal penalty2 years in prison (2012–2014)
Criminal statusServed sentence

Balda is married and has four children.[3]

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