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US charges son of Ecuador's former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking
Compiled Nov 5
What happened
Federal prosecutors charged five Ecuadorians with trafficking cocaine to the U.S. and Europe
The detail
Jacobo Abdala Bucaram-Pulley, son of former Ecuador president Abdalá Bucaram, is one of the defendants
The detail
Jaime Estrada Medranda, a former member of Ecuador's National Assembly, is also charged
The detail
The group allegedly hid cocaine in shipping containers carrying tuna
How it unfolded
1996: Abdalá Bucaram elected president of Ecuador · Less than six months later: Bucaram ousted by Congress for 'mental incapacity' · This month: Bucaram-Pulley arrested in Ecuador · This month: Estrada Medranda arrested while traveling in Panama · Thursday: U.S. attorney's office in New York City announced the charges
By the numbers
5 defendants charged · 41 Medranda's age · 71 Bonilla's age · 48 Bucaram-Pulley's age · 1996 year elected president
Still unresolved
Court records did not list attorneys for any of the five defendants