• Ana María Coronel Loaiza heads the Criminal Law and Internal Investigations Department at Meythaler & Zambrano Abogados. Her career combines experience within Ecuador's criminal justice system with legal advice to companies and individuals in the private sector.

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• Her work has included reviewing documents and information, preparing reports to support decision-making, and coordinating interdisciplinary teams. She brings the team a practical understanding of how criminal justice institutions operate, including pretrial measures and the enforcement of sentences.

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• At the firm, she applies this experience to criminal matters and internal investigations, paying close attention to the background of each case, the rights of everyone involved, and the client's needs.

Criminal Law

Internal Investigations

Corrections Law

Public and Administrative Law

• Prison Defense Coordinator, Pichincha Province

• Public Defender's Office of Ecuador

• August 2024– 2026

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• Specialist, Office of Pretrial Measures and Custodial Sentences

• National Service for Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of Liberty and Juvenile Offenders (SNAI)

• January–August 2024

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• Director of Pretrial Measures and Custodial Sentences

• SNAI

• September 2022–December 2023

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• Analyst, Office of Assessment

• SNAI

• February 2021–August 2022

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• Director of Non-Custodial Measures

• SNAI

• November 2019–February 2021

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• Director of Social and Family Reintegration

• Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Worship

• November 2014–October 2017

She has spoken at the Universidad Central del Ecuador on mechanisms to prevent violence against incarcerated women. She also spoke at the workshop "Building Capacity for Access to Justice" at the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí in Panama.

She has led training on preventing violence and discrimination against LGBTI+ people. She also helped organize the First International Congress on Prison Criminology, Criminal Psychology, and Public Safety.

Her publications include the Human Rights Manual for the Prison Context (first and second editions), the Prison Management Model, and the Regulations of the National Social Rehabilitation System.

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)
Master's in Advanced Terrorism Studies 

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Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL)
Law degree; licensed to practice law in Ecuador

• Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (IAEN)
  Specialized Training Certificate in Corruption and Organized Crime

• Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ)
  Certificate, Comprehensive Perspective on Criminal Behavior: Challenges and Contexts in Ecuador

• U.S. Department of State – Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
  Executive Criminal Justice Seminar

• Spanish and English