Justice ratifies the three-month detention of Mayor Achocalla

At the appeal hearing, the court decided to ratify the three months of detention in Patacamaya prison for the mayor of Achocalla, Manuel Condori Quispe, for his alleged responsibility in the mess that left one person dead and several homes affected in the Bajo Llojeta area, La Paz.

The legal defense of the mayor of Achocalla sought in this appeal hearing that Manuel Condori’s arrest was revoked so that he can defend himself in freedom; However, the justice system decided to maintain preventive confinement in prison, according to the departmental prosecutor, Luis Carlos Torres.

“We understand that yes (his arrest was ratified), since it is an exclusive power of the judicial authority to issue this type of determinations. However, the Public Ministry will always act within the framework of what the Constitution and the laws establish,” Torrez explained.

He added that procedural risks, such as of obstruction, remain in force, Therefore, the court decided to maintain the detention for three months in the mayor’s jail.

On Saturday, November 23, rain in the city of La Paz caused the Pasajahuira River to overflow, which in turn dragged away tons of earth that had been removed by the Kantutani company, the mud became a gigantic dungeon that buried about 40 houses and caused the death of little Camila.

For his part, the assigned prosecutor, Franklin Alborta, indicated that there is sufficient evidence to sustain the responsibility of the municipal authority in the case, since there are reports about previous work in the Los Andes cemetery.

Manuel Condori was sent to the Patacamaya prison on December 6 by order of the 13th anti-corruption court of La Paz, after He was accused of being one of those responsible that the Kantutani company carried out an earth movement that caused the Pasajahuira River to overflow and affected several homes in Bajo Llojeta, in addition to causing the death of a minor.