In July, a judge ordered the newspaper to pay Correa $40 million and sentenced Carlos Perez as well as his brothers, deputy directors Cesar Perez and Nicolas Perez, as well as Palacio, to prison. An appeals court upheld the sentence in September.
Cesar Perez said in Miami Thursday that he would stay out of Ecuador for now and seek European support, but that he was not yet seeking asylum. Nicolas Perez, who has US nationality, said that he would seek support in Washington in the coming days.