A federal court judge in Miami, in the United States, reduced the prison sentence against him from 15 to 12 years. Claudia Diazformer nurse of the late President Hugo Chávez, as well as her husband, Adrian Velasquez.
Joshua Goodman, news agency correspondent APreported that the woman and her partner, both in prison for money laundering and briberythey saw how the magistrate cut their time in jail.
“The couple benefited from a new amendment to federal sentencing guidelines for first-time offenders.”the source detailed the reason for the sentence reduction.
Both were sentenced by the American justice system on April 19, 2023 to 15 years behind bars.
However, the prosecution had requested a sentence of no less than 23 years and 5 months in prison for Chávez’s former nurse, and 19 years and 5 months for her husband.
Díaz and Velásquez were extradited to the United States from Spain in 2022 and shortly after they were judged. In the process, The jury found Díaz guilty of two of the three charges against him, while her husband was found guilty of the three charges against him..
The United States Attorney’s Office estimates that obtained at least $136 million as a result of their participation in a corruption scheme.
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