The disputed Movement for Socialism, Estefanía Morales, who is one of the denouncers of the ghost items case, announced this Monday that a commission of parliamentarians will travel to Brazil to expedite the extradition of Antonio Parada Vaca, who is in preventive detention in a Corumbá prison.
“We will move to our consulate in Corumbá to take steps to expedite the extradition process that has a term of 40 days. We want it to be speeded up, because Antonio Parada’s statement is important to clarify this case of mega-corruption”, he explained.
Morales indicated that this Monday The Prosecutor’s Office has already sent the extradition request to the Foreign Ministry Bolivian, to be forwarded to the Brazilian state, which will decide whether or not to proceed with the request of the Bolivian justice.
The main defendant for the ghost items was apprehended on Tuesday, January 25, when he went to the Corumbá Federal Police station to pick up his immigration paperwork to reside in Brazil, which did not happen. That same day, but at night, he was transferred from the police office to the prison of the border city
Upon his arrival at the Corumbá prison in Brazil, Antonio Parada underwent a medical evaluation, which confirmed that he is in good condition of health, in addition to the fact that he is not infected with Covid. For this reason, he was transferred from the inclusion cell to the open prison regime, where more than 600 male inmates are housed.
the unionized will remain in custody while the extradition request is resolved Bolivian justice, where he is accused of being the main person responsible for the creation of 800 ghost items in the Mayor’s Office of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
