El Expresidente Disparó e Hirió en el Congreso: No Hubo Tentativa, Solo 30 Días de Cárcel (1980)

On September 30, 1980, the National Congress of Ecuador experienced one of the most shocking episodes in its history. Former President Otto Arosemena Gómez, then a legislator, drew a weapon during a parliamentary debate and shot Congressman Pablo Dávalos Dillon during a discussion on the women's retirement law. The event shook Ecuadorian democracy. Although he was prosecuted, he did not face charges of attempted murder, and the final sentence was a mere 30 days in prison, under the legal concept known as "irresistible impulse." What led a former president to cross that line? Was it a personal outburst, a political crisis, or a symptom of the institutional decay of the time? This documentary analyzes the political context of 1980, the legal consequences, and the historical impact of one of the most controversial moments in Ecuador's republican history. #HistoriaViva #OttoArosemena #Ecuador1980 #Congress #PoliticalHistory #Democracy #HistoricalArchives #Documentary