The Attorney General in charge, Javier Caraballo, revealed this Tuesday that two former officials of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), doctors Leonardo Labrador and Ana Lorena Chang, and a private individual, were arrested for the crime against public health and the crime of corruption of servers. public, in the case of swabs.
The arrest occurred after a search carried out at his residence in San Miguelito, after several months of investigation.
Caraballo indicated that evidence has been gathered that allows ordering the arrest, to later take them before a Guarantees judge.
On August 19, 2021, both Labrador and Chang were separated from their positions as head of Epidemiology and regional head of Public Health, respectively, due to conflict of interest after it was discovered that they were directors of the company in charge of carrying out swabs to travel to Taboga Island. and accountant. Measure that the Minsa had established as mandatory.
Through Executive Decree No. 816, the Minsa established that to enter the islands, the vaccination card with two doses or a swab test of at least 72 hours must be presented. Many travelers arrived in Amador, from where they depart to the islands, without tests or with a single dose of the anticovid vaccine, so they had to take the test to be able to travel to their destination.
As a result of this decision, the company in which both former Minsa officials appear, established swab stands on the docks, for a value of $25.
