2023-12-15 11:29:42
The former mayor of Pilar Diego Bechis was arrested in the last hours following a 2020 sentence for the irregular sale of land on the side of Xanaes will be final.
#NOW Diego Bechis, former mayor of Pilar, was arrested once more, sentenced to 5 years in prison for qualified fraud for selling 11 hectares of the Xanaes River waterfront. The 10th Chamber of Crime ordered it when the sentence imposed on him in 2020 became final. (+) pic.twitter.com/lUcUJTDqO3
— Maria Ester Romero (@mariaesteromero) December 14, 2023
The case
Bechis (50) had been convicted on August 25, 2020 by the 10th Crime Chamber for the transfer of possessory rights over 11 hectares of land on the banks of the Xanaes River.
The former municipal chief of Pilar had received a sentence of five years in prison and perpetual disqualification from holding public office following being found guilty of the crimes of “qualified fraud due to fraudulent administration and abuse of authority”.
In the case for fraudulent sale of public land on the banks of the Xanaes River Other former members of his administration in the Pilar mayor’s office were also convicted.
They are the former legal advisor of the municipality Cristian Moyano (48) and the former director of Youth and Sports Pablo Ghio (55).
Córdoba: the highest authorities of the Penitentiary Service are arrested for illicit association
Appeal
The defenses presented appeals before the Superior Court of Justice (TSJ), which were rejected so the ruling became final.
Luis Eugenio Angulo will serve as president of the Superior Court of Justice of Córdoba
The defense of Bechis, who had already been in preventive detention between 2018 and 2020, He had then requested house arrest, which was also deniedaccording to the site CBA24n.
Now everyone must complete the remaining years of their sentence, just over two years in prison.
1702640714
#Cordovan #mayor #jailed #staying #firm #conviction #fraud