2023-09-16 16:45:14
The investigation by attempted murder of prosecutor Claudia Ríos by a prisoner in the middle of an oral trial hearing in Mendoza, advances both in Justice and at the internal level of state agencies. Because of this, eight prisons were made available and it is not ruled out that others join.
The owner of the General Safety Inspection, Marcelo Puertas, was the one who confirmed this information. In addition, he mentioned that the separated officers will be summoned to testify between Monday and next Tuesday.
According to Puertas, the penitentiaries will be charged with the crime of failure to fulfill the duties of a public official. Meanwhile They will receive half of their salariesthe percentage corresponding to 15 days, a period that can be extended as determined by the investigation.
The prisoner who wanted to kill the prosecutor explained his motivation: “I did it because I haven’t seen my daughter for four months.”
Eight prisons separated for the attack on prosecutor Claudia Ríos
In radio statements, the official spoke regarding the eight officers and explained that between Monday and Tuesday they will be summoned for investigative statements and “they may testify or not, according to the strategies established by their defense lawyers.”
At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of make more prisons available: “there may be more involved, including those responsible for managing each area, for example.” lack of control“.
Regarding what happened, Puertas explained: “The prisoner who is transferred must being searched in front of cameras and then put on a transport vehicle. Precisely the transfer is a particular section of the penitentiary that is in charge of that, the transfer of inmates between prisons or to hearings, as in this case, to the Judicial Pole.”
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And he added: “You have to seeand searches were carried out when they arrived at Estrada (Transitional Station for Detainees and Apprehended) and in turn before entering the courtroom.”
The head of the organization commented that “the penitentiaries present in the room (there were 5 to guard 3 prisoners) warned the court that it was better Do not remove the handcuffs from the detainees because of the danger they showed and that is recorded in the minutes. The judge did not allow it because he understood that a constitutional principle would be violated.”
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While, Hugo Eduardo Arredondo Suarezwho last Wednesday tried to stab the prosecutor and wounded a law student who was in the room in the neck, refused to testify this Friday and was charged with the crime of attempted murder and injuries.
At a press conference, the director of the Mendoza Penitentiary Service, Eduardo Orellanasaid that the prisoner might have taken the weapon between his private parts and noted that “there was a human failure” in the chain of custody.
In turn, Orellana admitted that until now only one search was confirmed and mentioned that “in principle there is serious guilt. I do not rule out that there was collusion or something planned”. And he added: “There is no close history of something as serious as the attack on a representative of the Public Ministry.”
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