April 12, 2023, 23:00 PM
April 12, 2023, 23:00 PM
This Thursday will take place the hearing of precautionary measures of the nine people who were engaged in foreign currency exchange in the Santa Cruz capital, who were apprehended red-handed when they sold the dollar at a high price, which is not stipulated in the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB).
Julio César Porras, prosecutor assigned to the case, informed EL DEBER that he presented the corresponding accusations before the court and has requested that the judge can determine the substitute measures against the nine free traders for the crime of agio.
“Substitute measures have been requested because the penalty for the crime of agio is a maximum of three yearswith that sentence they cannot go with preventive detention, ”explained the prosecutor in contact with EL DEBER.
The crime of agio initiated against the nine free traders occurred before the speculation that they made when changing at a price of what was establishedearning more money in the midst of a shortage of dollars.
Porras indicated that during the informative statement everyone accepted his constitutional right to remain silent. He pointed out that the complaints were opened ex officio For the police.
The nine apprehended, seven men and two women, will be in four courts this Thursday. The first hearing will begin at 09:00 in the Precautionary Investigation Court 10, on the 6th floor of the Palace of Justice.
The capture of the syndicates It was held on Wednesday, April 11, at the Mutualista market, by the personnel of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc).
This Wednesday morning, the Vice Minister of Defense of User and Consumer Rights, Jorge Silva, stated that the result of these simultaneous operations in the country, in the department of Tarija three people were apprehended who speculated on the price of the dollar; three in Oruro and one in La Paz.
“We are going to continue with this control work,” Silva said.
