April 6, 2023, 7:51 PM
April 6, 2023, 7:51 PM
Cristopher Balcazar Jiménez, one of the lawyers for the Governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, confirmed that his client was charged in the case of the fire truck that the substitute deputy, Rolando Enríquez Cuéllar, denounced, the case is aired in the eastern capital.
“The accusation does exist, but they have not notified us, We are not yet aware of the judge’s decision,” said lawyer Balcazar in a brief telephone call, without making further references to the number of defendants and the crimes for which the first authority of Santa Cruz is accused.
On January 28 of last year The Masista deputy filed the complaint against Camacho and since then no judicial act has been carried out, the damage that would have occurred is Bs 1.7 million. In August 2022, the Governor was summoned to testify on this issue and In September, the court sent Alejandro Soljanic, director of Citizen Security, to prisonto the Palmasola prison.
“They haven’t notified us. we have unofficial knowledge, the judge handling the case must notify us. I imagine that this will come out the following week in the office and they will indicate the precautionary hearing, ”explained Balcazar.
breach of duty, improper use of influence, uneconomic conduct and contracts harmful to the State are the four criminal offenses that the Prosecutor’s Office presented against those investigated.
This is the third case for which the first authority is charged from Santa Cruz: he is in preventive custody for the ‘coup I’ case; then, on March 8, the imputation of the ‘decree’ case was reported and now this is the third process.
Camacho’s lawyers will try to bring the precautionary hearing to the city of Santa Cruz in person, although the prison authorities found the arguments for everyone to attend the hearings in person, except the accused, who they present virtually.
According to the official complaint, the company that sold the fire truck does not have permission of operation in Boliviaon the contrary, the vehicle would have been acquired from a Mexican company.
They also observed the tender launched and the award of the contract. At the end of August last year, Camacho, had testified before the prosecutors and no measure was ordered against him. Seven months later the imputation of the case is presented.
