He also commented that at the headquarters of the National Police (Ancón), where he had been detained since February 9, he was forced to sleep on the floor with several criminals. On February 9, at the charges hearing, his defense had announced the appeal, and for this reason the appeal hearing was held yesterday.
The magistrates of the Superior Court of Appeals also confirmed the home retention measures for Ana Lorena Chang, Labrador’s wife; and of the laborista Carmen Arosemena. These measures were imposed by a Court of Guarantees on February 9. To ratify the precautionary measure for the two investigated for the alleged crime against the public administration, the magistrates argued that there is no risk of destroying evidence. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, represented by prosecutor Omar Jaén, asked the Court to order them provisional detention.
However, the court magistrates determined at the hearing that the detention was not necessary to protect investigative elements, since Chang was dismissed from her position as director of Public Health of the Metropolitan region of the Minsa.
While Arosemena was also removed from the position of head of the laboratory at the Las Mañanitas Health Center, they said there is no threat of destroying evidence.
At the end of the hearing, the anti-corruption prosecutor Omar Jaén stated that he will continue to carry out the investigations and look for more elements of conviction.
The prosecution has six months to continue collecting evidence in the case.
