José Cléver Jiménez Cabrera (born 17 September 1969) is an Ecuadorian politician.

Biography

Jiménez was the Prefect of the Zamora-Chinchipe Province from 2019 to 2023. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2009 to 2017. He was a member of the Pachakutik Party during his parliamentary career.

During the 20132014 National Assembly session, his parliamentary assistant was journalist Fernando Villavicencio.[1][2] During this time, Jiménez and Villavicencio accused President Rafael Correa of having ordered an armed incursion at a hospital during a police revolt in September 2010.[3] He was sued by Correa for libel and had an arrest warrant against him.[3] Instead of turning himself in, he hid in the Amazon region until his sentence expired.[3]

References

  1. ""Pedí de rodillas a Fernando que no se entregue"" (in Spanish). Pelagatos. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. "'Hay que pagarle al Presidente para que ya no moleste a papá'" (in Spanish). El Oriente. Archived from the original on 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. 1 2 3 "Villavicencio, Jiménez y Figueroa están bajo la protección de Sarayaku". El Comercio. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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