José Agusto Briones

José Iván Agusto Briones (8 May 1961 – 23 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian civil engineer and politician. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Briones was the Minister of Energy from 2019 to 2020 and Minister of Planning and Development in 2018 both during the Lenin Moreno administration. For a short time in December 2018, Briones was acting Vice President of Ecuador.^[1]

Briones was arrested in April 2021 as part of a corruption investigation about business dealings with Petroecuador. He was detained at a prison in Quito while awaiting his trial.^[2]

Briones committed suicide by hanging at his prison cell in Quito on 23 May 2021, aged 60.^[3]

References

↑ "Confirman que el exministro José Agusto Briones murió por". 24 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Fiscalía sigue la pista de movimientos económicos y versiones que relacionan a los hermanos del contralor Pablo Celi y del exsecretario José Agusto Briones" (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
↑ "Gobierno dice que la causa de muerte de José Agusto Briones es ahorcamiento | La República EC". 24 May 2021.

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[1] "Confirman que el exministro José Agusto Briones murió por". 24 May 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Fiscalía sigue la pista de movimientos económicos y versiones que relacionan a los hermanos del contralor Pablo Celi y del exsecretario José Agusto Briones" (in Spanish). El Universo. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

[3] "Gobierno dice que la causa de muerte de José Agusto Briones es ahorcamiento | La República EC". 24 May 2021.

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