Prosecutors from the Public Ministry (MP) carried out an investigation this Tuesday, April 23, at the headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in the capital as a follow-up to a complaint filed by a former employee of that entity, such as Christian Andreé Natareno Juárez, according to reported.
Neither the Prosecutor’s Office nor the TSE have delved into the reasons why the procedure was carried out in the TSE, although it is known that it is due to the complaint that Natareno presented, following he was removed from his position for allegedly recording conversations of the TSE staff. electoral body. It is known that it was the Administrative Crimes Prosecutor’s Office that carried out a visual inspection as part of a preliminary investigation procedure following a complaint filed; However, the details of this were not revealed.
Prosecutor Melani Calderón limited herself to saying that it was a field procedure that was carried out at the TSE, but did not delve into the issue because, as she said, she is not authorized to provide information. The TSE reported on February 23 , that Natareno Juárez was surprised when he was recording the conversations he had with the staff of that entity, and it was Judge Blanca Alfaro herself who noticed the action.
Alfaro said on that occasion in a video that they shared with journalists, that she was notifying an employee regarding a vacation period that he had to take. “Our surprise is that every time he goes with people, the young man records all the messages.” And I was in an office right now and I was recording. “I asked him to lend me the phone because I suspected it and he actually records all the calls and messages,” Alfaro said in the video, in which the accused also appears.
“I don’t want you to think that this is revenge, quite the opposite, how unfortunate that a worker from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal does such ugly things to damage such a noble institution,” says Alfaro. In the video you can see that Alfaro addresses the young man. and tells him: “You know what corresponds, and the telephone number, of course, which at this moment we are sending to the Public Ministry with a corresponding complaint.
Mr. Secretary, and we prepared a notarial document that I actually asked for the phone and the phone was because he was recording all of us. For what purposes? We don’t know,” says Judge Alfaro.
The TSE reported that the respective complaint was sent to the TSE Inspectorate and that it is that instance that is responsible for carrying out the procedures and presenting the case to the Public Ministry. In addition, that the corresponding procedures will be seen internally.
He is a relative of the prosecutor Curruchiche
The employee accused of recording the conversations was identified as Christian Andreé Natareno Juárez, who held the position of Clerk 1 of the Coordinating Unit of Delegations and Subdelegations, position number 427, with a monthly allocation of Q5,950, since February 3, 2021.
TSE sources mentioned that Natareno Juárez is a relative of Rafael Curruchiche, head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office once morest Impunity of the Public Ministry.
Prensa Libre and Guatevisión consulted the TSE and confirmed that Natareno is the nephew of prosecutor Curruchiche’s wife. The MP was also consulted on this issue and in social communication they limited themselves to saying that Natareno is a relative of prosecutor Curruchiche.
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