This was ordered by Judge Nelson Mercado, before whom the preliminary hearing was held where his colleague was accused of having benefited a drug trafficker imprisoned in the San Pedro prison.
This case was discovered on June 17, 2019 when there was a confrontation between members of the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Rotela clan in the San Pedro del Ycuamandyyú prison, where after the incidents it was found that Víctor Brítez Aranda alias “Chapalo ” Sentenced to 26 years in prison for drug trafficking, he was not among the prison population, but by court order the inmate was in a VIP farm that the prison had.
The magistrate who signed that order was Néstor Arévalo alleging that the inmate suffered from “claustrophobia” and respiratory problems, for which he was sent to that sector where the prisoners were in a semi-liberty regime.
The prosecution accumulated a series of evidence that the judge’s decision was totally false since the inmate had no health problems and that there are many indications that it was an arrangement between the magistrate and the prisoner, which is why they accused him asking for a trial. oral.
The judge’s defense raised a series of incidents that were postponing the preliminary hearing and after 14 times it was possible to carry out the diligence in which the case was raised to oral trial.
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