Ex-President Cleared of Charges, Released
From Times Wire Reports
Former Ecuadorean President Lucio Gutierrez was released from jail after a judge cleared him of charges of threatening national security.
Crowds of supporters cheered in the Quito courtroom as the judge ordered the release of Gutierrez, who had been jailed after he denounced his ouster by Congress last April as illegal.
He was arrested in October after returning to Ecuador from Colombia, where he had been given asylum. Gutierrez was fired by Congress for interfering with the Supreme Court.
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