The legal representative of the family of the ill-fated Minister of the Environment, Orlando Jorge Merasaid that the deceased tried to avoid influence peddling and to show that even if he was a State official, he could not go over the law.
The attorney Miguel Valerio described the incident as “serious”, while considering that the confessed murderer, Miguel Cruz, betrayed the minister’s trust, despite the fact that they had a friendship of more than 40 years.
The jurist stated that Orlando Jorge Mera He demonstrated in his political life that he was a “very neat” man in managing state resources.
At the conclusion of the hearing in which they imposed one year of preventive detention against Miguel Cruz, the attorney He added that the accused was seeking a permit for contaminated batteries to take them out of the country, to which “international treaties say no.”
“Orlando Jorge Mera You have shown with the facts that it cost you your life that you can be a public official and that you have to tell your friends when they lead you astray that no, then that was what caused that death, it was nothing more” , he expressed.
Miguel Cruz was sent to Najayo Hombre where he will have to serve one year of preventive detention. He will have a review hearing every three months.
