Judge determines preventive detention for 36 Parotani farmers; Ombudsman gave details of all hearings

The total number of those arrested and prosecuted in the Parotani case is 56 people and since Saturday there have already been six precautionary hearings that determined different measures for 39 defendantsaccording to the explanation of the defense delegate of La Paz, Francisco Rodríguez.

“We are already in the sixth hearing, we are entering each of the hearings to verify that the accused can also count on the defense lawyer that they have, along those lines we have several people who They have been sent as preventive detainees to the San Pedro prisonothers to the rehabilitation center Patacamaya And on the subject of the ladies, they are in the prison of Works”, he said in a brief telephone contact.

On Friday during the unblocking operation of Parotani, Cochabamba, Police arrested 66 people56 arrived in La Paz, the rest were released in the same capital of La Paz after spending eight hours in arrest.

Of the 56 detainees, 39 have already been taken into custody, of the latter 36 were sent to prison for four months; while three women, Herminia QF, Sofía MO and Roxana D., who were taken into custody this Sunday afternoon, received house arrest. To access the benefit, they must meet the following requirements: roots, obligation to appear at the Prosecutor’s Office, not go to the scene of the crime, not communicate with the witnesses and those involved, and present two guarantors within 72 hours.

The accused could not count on defense lawyers they trusted and all had public defense lawyers, according to the defense delegate’s account. The police asked the detainees who their lawyers were and these did not know the names; Then they asked the MAS lawyers who their clients were and since they did not know their names they could not access them either.

“It seems they have not had good contact at the time to be able to coordinate with the actions, with any lawyer so that he can assume defense of the accused, or perhaps they have probably not been allowed to enter the hearings,” lamented the delegate.