This Monday the statement of the main victim of Operation Ocean resumes, after the suspension of the hearings in October of last year and the subsequent departure from the case of the prosecutor Darviña Viera. This is scheduled to occur between March 21 and 25. At this stage, the defense attorneys will leave the general questions of the case to meddle in the particular details of the relationship between the victim and each of the accused.
According to sources in the case, The Observerthe lawyers are divided into two according to their strategies. Those who understand that their defendants are not committed to the case, prefer not to ask the victim questions to avoid harming themselves. On the other hand, those who do, want to ask him to try to make his statements take away his responsibility.
The last hearing in which the young woman participated was the one that dynamited the case as it had been given until now. The confirmation that statements had been taken that were not in the file resulted in shouts from lawyers who requested the annulment —although later the majority withdrew the request— and the departure of the prosecutor of the case, Darviña Viera, due to health problems a few days then.
According to the primary resolution of Judge María Noel Tonarelli, on March 21 the list of general questions about the chats that were incorporated into the case in October 2021 is scheduled to be discussed and that same afternoon, the victim should answer them. On Tuesday the 22nd, the particular questions of twenty defendants in the case would be formulated and Wednesday the 23rd would be the day of the victim’s answers. The schedule plans to repeat this scheme for the other 16 accused during Thursday the 24th and Friday the 25th.
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They will be held between March 21 and 25
As reported The ObserverOn February 22, more than 20 defense attorneys filed a brief appealing this resolution. understand that taking the statement from the victim in a fragmented way gives you more time to prepare or eventually rehearse your answers. There they also wielded that they wanted to be present all the time during the interrogation of all the accused.
Tonarelli responded that the second point had already been awarded in advance and the second point was not issued, which is why it will remain as initially determined.
Prosecutor Mariana Alfaro has until May to present an accusation on the case. Otherwise, the allocations made so far will drop.
