The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice rejected the extraordinary request for annulment raised by the defense of former ABC Color journalist Marcos Velázquez, thus the sentence of one year and nine months that was imposed on him remains firm.
Ministers Manuel Ramírez Candia, Carolina Llanes and Luis María Benítez Riera declared the appeal inadmissible. posed by Velazquez against the sentence of first and second instance of one year and nine months, apart from a composition of G. 20 million that was imposed upon finding him guilty of the acts of defamation, slander and insult against the president of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Alejandro Domínguez.
Velázquez through his account on the social network Twitter wrote a series of accusations against Domínguez whom he accused of corruption in Conmebol, said that the leader kept money from the sale of television rights.
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Alexander Dominguez after exhausting all the previous steps to demand a rectification of his statements to Velázquez, He decided to file a lawsuit against him two years ago for defamation, slander and libel.
In the oral trial held on July 14, 2022, the former ABC journalist was convicted, the ruling was appealed and on August 2, 2022 confirmed by the Court of Appeal. Then, as a last stage, the communicator turned to the Court, which now rejected his request and made the sentence firm, which must now be carried out.
But On October 25, the second oral trial was held against Marcos Velázquez, for another act of defamation against Alejandro Domínguez and in which also Judge Carlos Hermosilla found him guilty and sentenced him to one year and six months in prison. with suspension of the execution of the sentence, a composition of G. 30 million and obliges him to comply with a social service, to be determined.
How did he pay for his trips, was the question of his own companions.
This case also started from some posts on Twitter by the former ABC journalist where he accused Domínguez without evidence and, unable to prove his statements, was sentenced.
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Marcos Velázquez, while on ABC Color, began a smear campaign against the president of Conmebol, assuring that Domínguez incurred in many acts of corruption, but without presenting a single piece of evidence. For this reason he was sued twice and now in both cases he was convicted.
Due to his unsupported publications, Velázquez had already been changed coverage area at ABC Colorthen he ended up being fired for these mismanagements in his work.
Marcos Velázquez led a life of luxury and travel
Marcos Velázquez who had a salary of G. 6 million, led a life of luxurywith vacations in the Caribbean and Europe, which always caught the attention of his own colleagues at ABC, who did not understand how the journalist with that salary paid for his expensive tastes. In the corridors of the Yegros street newspaper, rumors spread and apparently all that also made noise to the board that finally decided to kick him out.
