During this day, the State Defense Council (CDE) filed a complaint against the decision made by the Martial Court to revoke the prosecution of the colonel (r) of the army, Mauricio Seguelfor the crime of treasury fraud.
The visiting minister Romy Rutherford, brought the former colonel to trial earlier this year for two crimes of fraud against the Treasury, related to the Milicogate Case. The crimes are related to obtaining travel tickets through the Army between June 14, 2012 and July 24, 2013.
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The Martial Court annulled the prosecution against the former uniform for considering the actions as simple crimes, added to the fact that they are prescribed, despite the fact that a total of 17 million pesos is attributed to him in the fraud.
From the CDE they described the decision as “a serious legal infraction and a serious fault and abuse.”
defense response
Seguel’s defense attorney, Daniel Mackinonindicated in Radio Bio Bio that the appeal for complaint “is filed against a resolution that cannot be appealed as a complaint, since said resolution does not put an end to the trial or make its continuation impossible.”
“It becomes incomprehensible that with light arguments put forward, they are intended to tarnish them by accusing them of a serious legal infraction and a serious misconduct and abuse of their client,” he added.
