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Assange aide arrested trying to leave Ecuador: official
QUITO, April 12, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A collaborator of WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange was arrested Thursday in Ecuador while trying to flee to
Japan, the South American country’s interior minister said.
The minister, Maria Paula Romo, did not name the person or give their
identity.
She said the person was very close to Assange, who was arrested Thursday in
London on a US extradition request after spending seven years in the
Ecuadoran embassy there.
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