In the National Assembly (AN) they do not know for sure who Loreannys Mariana Mejías Díaz is. This woman was the one who went several times to the Palace of Justice in Caracas to process the release of Oswaldo José Cheremos Carrasquel, a subject classified as a member of the Tren del Llano, according to information published at the time of his capture by General Domingo Hernández Lárez, head of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb).
“She is not an envoy from the National Assembly; That figure would imply that all the deputies gave him a power to act and that is not the case, ”they explained from the Legislative Branch. Mejías Díaz appeared at the Palace of Justice in Caracas allegedly saying that he came from parliament, as he described it Last News last Saturday based on testimonials.
The security organizations are after the location of Mejías Díaz, this within the framework of the investigation aimed at clarifying why the release of a person accused of illegal trafficking in weapons of war, cover-up in the crime of terrorism and association, took place. Criminal expressions that do not admit benefits until the defendant does not serve 75% of the sentence imposed, according to the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure.
When Cheremos Carrasquel was released on January 9, Mejías allegedly received $120,000 in cash from the subject, a 2021 Jac truck valued at $25,000 and another Fortuner vehicle that cost $60,000, according to investigations.
In this framework, the name of Mario Aquino, who held one of the coordinators in the Criminal Judicial Circuit of Caracas, came to light. Aquino and Mejía allegedly acted in coordination to free Cheremos.
Precisely, the precautionary measure that placed Cheremos Carrasquel on the street was allegedly ordered by Mario Aquino at the beginning of January. This lawyer, who was a prosecutor of the Public Ministry, sent a telephone message to the fourth Antiterrorist judge José Maxcimino Márquez García instructing him to order the release of Cheremos Carrasquel.
This detail was explained by Judge Márquez García on Tuesday, February 14, before the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, an instance that coordinates all the criminal judicial circuits in Venezuela. At the conclusion of that meeting, Aquino was removed from the Caracas Criminal Judicial Circuit and immediately captured by agents of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin). It is expected that he will be accused in the next few hours.
The following day, that is, Wednesday February 15, Cheremos Carrasquel was recaptured at the headquarters of the 4th Anti-Terrorist Court of Caracas, after being informed that that instance had revoked the precautionary measure granted on January 9. Right there, Cheremos Carrasquel was detained by agents of the Bolivarian National Police who demanded that he hand over all his personal belongings.
Among those effects were 35,000 dollars and a power of attorney that the subject would give to Loreannys Mariana Mejías Díaz so that she could pick up a Toyota Land Cruiser truck license plates AG942SK before the National Office Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism (Oncdoft), where the They have been seized since October 2022 when they arrested him in Zaraza, Guárico, according to sources.
Sebin’s investigation also seeks to determine the origin of the funds delivered by Cheremos Carrasquel to Mejías, which so far total $240,000.