the iaccused Miguel de Jesus Cruz de la Mota applied today to the National District Prosecutor’s Office and the person in charge of Persecution of the Public Ministry to investigate the permits granted by the deceased Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Orlando Jorge Mera for the construction of several landfills in the East of the country.
Through his lawyers Manuel Sierra and Ybo René Sánchez, Miguel Cruz asked the prosecutor Rosalba Ramos and the person in charge of Prosecution of the Public Ministry Yeni Berenice Reyonso, copies of the WhatsApp conversations on his phone and that of Orlando Jorge Mera, from the 3 to June 6 of this year between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Also, copies of the incoming and outgoing calls of the conversations that both had that day, and questioning those in charge of “Permissions” of the Ministry of the Environment, especially those who have to do with some landfills in the Eastern region.
In addition, he requested to interrogate the Vice Minister of Environment Príamo Rodríguez, a mutual friend of both, since they campaigned together in Santiago, when the Minister was a candidate for senator.