August 1, 2024, 11:05 PM
August 1, 2024, 11:05 PM
The Sentencing Court No. 1 of Quillacollo, in Cochabamba, sentenced Six years in prison for Judge José Hernán Gutiérrez Moscoso for the crime of prevarication, after being accused of releasing – irregularly – Efraín Alegre Ayna, who is accused of murder.
The departmental prosecutor of Cochabamba, Osvaldo Tejerina Ríos, reported that, in the oral trial hearing, it was shown that the judge committed the crime of prevarication, For this reason, the court sentenced him to six years in the San Pablo de Quillacollo prison.
“At the hearing, all the evidence collected in the investigation and which is registered in the Free Justice Ecosystem was presented, such as: witness statements, photocopies of the investigation notebook of the murder case, which fell to the accused’s Court; certifications from the Council of the Judiciary that support that the subject knew about the case, among others, that were assessed by the members of the Court, who were sentenced to six years,” said Tejerina.
He released a man accused of murder
On January 4, 2023 in the municipality of Colcapirhua, Judge José Hernán Gutiérrez Moscoso ordered the release of Efraín Alegre Ayna, who is accused of the murder of Eduardo Condori Pay, 24 years old.
What the deceased’s wife, Lidia Mamani, questioned is that the judge, despite being a substitute for another court, decided benefit from house arrest and a bail of Bs 5,000 for the accused of murder.
The prosecutor Cristhian Copa indicated that with the determination of the sentencing judge Efraín Alegre Ayna managed to get out of the San Pablo de Quillacollo prison and escape. The whereabouts of the suspect are still unknown.
The family of the murder victim reported the judge to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in March 2023; therefore, the investigation for the crime of prevarication and This Thursday a sentence was obtained against him.
Killer was identified
According to the investigation booklet of the Prosecutor’s Office, Eduardo Condori Pay He was murdered on the morning of November 14, 2022, when he was having lunch with his partner Lidia Mamani.
The deceased’s wife fully identified Efraín Alegre Ayna as the perpetrator of the murder and he was arrested on November 18, 2022. He was sent to San Pablo prison and remained in detention until January 4, 2023, when he was released by the sentencing judge.
