November 23, 2022, 4:00 AM
November 23, 2022, 4:00 AM
The Controlled Substances Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that Cristóbal Gary Enríquez Cuéllar, was confined in jail Palmasola for the crime of drug trafficking.
It was the former Minister of Government, Carlos Romero, who publicly denounced the arrest and assured that the deputy Rolando Enríquez Cuéllar, incurred in influence peddling on justice to try to favor his brother by hindering a hearing to pass sentence.
for his part Deputy Cuéllar rejected the complaint and he said that he will not take it into account because it comes from a “retired politician.” “He is also in agreement with (Juan Ramón) Quintana, a foreigner and CIA agent,” he added from La Paz, in time to warn that Quintana and Romero “will be kicked out of the blue party congress for not being party members of government”.
Official Prosecutor’s Office-Felcn report
According to the official Report of the Controlled Substances Prosecutor’s Office, the story goes back to July 21 of this year when GICE-Oriente patrols of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking, (Felcn), They raided a building on Puerto Suárez street.
In the place, in the presence of the anti-drug prosecutor Rubén Ordóñez, they proceeded to the requisition of all environments.
The agents entered room six occupied by Cristóbal Gary Enríquez Cuéllar, where at least 14 Flunitrazepam (psychotropic) tablets were found among his belongings, penalized by Law 1008 as a synthetic drug, highly dangerous against the integrity and life of people. On that occasion, Cristóbal Gary Enríquez was apprehended. In his first statements to the authorities at his house, he said that the tablets were to be sold at a price of Bs. 20 per unit. The Prosecutor’s Office considered it an act in flagrante.
The search warrant was issued by the precautionary judge Manuel Baptista.
The same judge received the accusation from the Prosecutor’s Office that requested preventive detention in Palmasola, given the existence of an act in flagrante delicto and with evidence of committing a crime of controlled substances.
After making the assessments of both parties, Judge Manuel Baptista ordered the arrest of the man in the Palmasola prison.
An immediate procedure
After being sent to jail, the Public Ministry presented its conclusive request for immediate procedure to bring the accused to trial.
The Prosecutor’s Office attached at least 18 pieces of evidence against the accused. Among them 13 documentary evidence, two expert and three testimonials making a total of 18.
The case was filed in court 13 for the sentence of the judge who set a hearing to hold the trial for November 29.
According to the Controlled Substances Prosecutor’s Office and the Felcn, the defendant suffers from diabetes. He was transferred to the Palmasola prison on July 23 to later enter the open regime of the PC-4.
According to reports due to the problem of his illness, a few days after his admission to the prison He was rushed to a hospital after suffering decompensation. Now he remains in an open regimen, but is assisted by doctors from the microhospital.
Former minister Carlos Romero assured that the trial hearing should have been held in the past few days, but due to the pressure exerted by deputy Rolando Enríquez Cuéllar, it was not possible.
Likewise, Carlos Romero stated that in the 2018 administration, the arrest of Cristóbal Gary Enríquez Cuéllar, also a cocaine trafficker, was reported, but he was released. A Felcn report indicates that on November 14, 2018, At the same address on Puerto Suárez street, this subject was captured, in possession of cocaine in envelopes, marijuana and synthetic drugs like Flunitrazepam tablets.
The Prosecutor’s Office denied pressure of any kind not to carry out the hearing against the accused, which was set for this 29.
