The supreme prosecutor Tomas Galvez decided to archive the investigation carried out against Patricia Benavides and the members of the National Board of Justice (JNJ) who promoted his failed return to the Public Ministry on June 16, 2025. The measure reaches those who signed resolution 231, considered illegal by various sectors of the justice system.
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Tomás Gálvez filed an investigation against Patricia Benavides and the JNJ. Photo: The Republic
The order was issued when there were only two days left for Delia Espinoza to face a decisive hearing before the JNJin a process that could end with his dismissal as supreme prosecutor. This hearing took place on January 22 at the JNJ headquarters, where altercations occurred between President María Teresa Cabrera and Espinoza.
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With the file, the magistrates of the National Board of Justice involved in the resolution are released from any criminal responsibility for the events that occurred during the attempt to reinstate Patricia Benavides in the position of prosecutor of the Nation, despite the questioned irregularities of the procedure.
Archive releases from criminal responsibility the members of the JNJ who tried to replace Patricia Benavides
The fiscal provision concludes that there are not enough elements to continue with the investigation into the events of June 16, when the plenary session of the JNJ approved resolution 231 with the objective of restoring Patricia Benavides as head of the Public Ministry. With this ruling, the case is closed in the criminal field.
The file benefits all the judges who voted and signed said document, who are freed from any accusation for the attempt to reverse Benavides’ dismissal. The fiscal decision thus eliminates the possibility of the legality of an action that generated a serious institutional crisis being evaluated in criminal proceedings.
The file also reaches Benavides in her capacity as a direct beneficiary of the attempted replacement, closing any possibility of a criminal investigation into her role in that institutional operation.
The resolution of Tomas Galvez operates as a shield for the actions of the National Board of Justice in that episode, by outright ruling out that the approval of resolution 231 could be considered punishable conduct, despite the fact that its execution was stopped and questioned by different bodies of the justice system.
