After 10 hours of replicas and counterreplicas between Public Ministry and lawyers for the accused, the Judge Rigoberto Senafrom the Permanent Attention Office of the National District, decided early this Saturday that it will give the ruling tomorrow, Sunday, at 6:00 in the afternoon.
That day will decide if will send to prison seven of the accused in the Senasa casefor allegedly defrauding the State insurance company of more than 15,000 million pesos.
At this Friday’s hearing, the Public Ministry agreed favor three accused and requested precautionary measure instead of preventive detention, after they admitted receiving extortion from the other defendants.
These are Cinty Acosta, Heidy Mariela Medina and the businessman Eduardo Read Estrellafor those who requested periodic presentation, prevention of departure and bail of one million pesos.
- Wilson Camachohead of Pepca (Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption), specified that the Public Ministry It usually favors the people who make these decisions. However, this request was roundly criticized by the defense of the other defendants.
Against the other seven, the request for 18 months in prison and that the case be declared complex.
He minimized the accusations
Miguel Valeriolawyer from Santiago Hazim —main accused of Senasa case—, minimized the accusations and, among other points, indicated that his client should not go to prison due to the health condition he suffers from: a multiple sclerosis.
The others involved are: Rafael Luis Martínez Hazim, Gustavo Enrique Messina CruzGermán Rafael Robles Quiñones, Francisco Iván Minaya Pérez, Ramón Alan Speakler Mateo and Ada Ledesma Ubiera.
Against Hazimhis lawyers point out that there was no one to accuse him of bribery. In addition, his defense presented a medical report that indicates that he must be attended to multiple sclerosis in the United States
