La cadena de custodia en el proceso penal ecuatoriano en relación a los principios constitucionales y legales de la prueba

Abstract

In relation to the facts and especially with the material and physical evidence exists about the offense and the alleged liability of a person in his perpetration, it is the chain of custody that the procedure is satisfied from the collection of such facts to be presented at the trial stage, and it has as main purpose the preservation of the integrity of the test for it to be valued and used as an argument for judicial decision accordingly. However in the criminal procedural practice Ecuadorian improper handling of evidence, leading to contamination, alteration and in some cases even to the loss of transcendental proof, affecting the principle of mandatory testing and compliance evidenced purposes of criminal proceedings.