- Lawyer Omar Mora Tosta indicated that because the businessman is over 70 years old, a house arrest measure should have been given.
Lawyer Omar Mora Tosta denounced that the businessman Ricardo Albacete, accused of stealing materials from the Statewas brought before the Court without his private legal representatives.
“Gurimetal is a company with many years of experience, where they use metals, that is why there are metals there. It is a company with tradition. Yesterday (July 13), following 12 hours in the Palace of Justice, they held the hearing of Ricardo Albacete without his lawyers,” Mora said in a press conference on July 14.
Lawyer @Omar_moratosta He claims that businessman Ricardo Albacete, from Táchira, was presented without the presence of his lawyers, following waiting 12 hours at the Palace of Justice. pic.twitter.com/0DE45zWlWj
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He said that the businessman should have been placed under house arrest because he is over 70 years of age, as established in Article 231 of the Venezuelan Organic Code of Criminal Procedure.
What does article 231 of the Organic Code of Criminal Procedure say?
Preventive judicial deprivation of liberty may not be ordered for persons over 70 years of age, for women in the last three months of pregnancy, for mothers breastfeeding their children up to six months following birth, or for persons affected by a duly verified terminal illness.
In these cases, if any precautionary measure of a personal nature is essential, house arrest or confinement in a specialized center will be ordered.
The Human Rights Committee of the Vente Venezuela party reported on July 11 that businessman Ricardo Albacete was detained by members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin). Albacete had hosted opposition leader María Corina Machado in his home, located in the state of Táchira, during her visit to that state.
“Ricardo Albacete Vidal was arrested by Sebin officials in Caracas on the followingnoon of July 11. Hours earlier, his properties in the state of Táchira were raided, including the house where María Corina Machado stayed during her visit to the state,” the political party wrote on its X account.
Detentions reported at opposition campaign events
Mora, along with lawyers Tamara Bechar and Perkins Rocha, from the Comando Con Venezuela, confirmed at the press conference the arrest of citizens Néstor Viloria, Elisaul Rodríguez and Mire Aguilar, responsible for the truck in which María Corina Machado and Edmundo González traveled in the political event that took place on July 13 in Valencia, Carabobo.
The incident occurred at the La Viña Clinic in Valencia, the lawyers explained.
They also rejected the arrest of Ángel Aristimuño, member of the presidential candidate’s campaign command and president of Un Nuevo Tiempo in Monagas, as well as Denys Martínez and César Tiapa, leaders of the Vente Venezuela and Copei parties in Anaco, Anzoátegui state.
The defenders also mentioned the arrest of Mary Rodríguez and Mayra Montilla, also members of the campaign command in Guanare, Portuguesa state.
Call to the CNE
The legal advisors called on the National Electoral Council (CNE) not to allow the electoral process of July 28 to be “tainted.” They reiterated that the government of Nicolás Maduro has attacked members of the campaign team and civil society in different states of the country.
“The responsibility of a clean campaign rests on your shoulders. Venezuela wants to accompany you in this patriotic feat, but you cannot allow what is happening in the country today. Do not let any factor tarnish the process,” said Perkins Rocha.
#Live | Perkins Rocha sent a message to the rectors of the CNE. “You are the arbiters of July 28, the responsibility rests on your shoulders, you cannot allow or tolerate what is happening in this country.”
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— VPItv (@VPITV) July 14, 2024
He insisted that state resources have been used to favour one of the campaigns, in addition to the participation of public officials in opposition events to “intimidate” and “generate fear.”
The lawyers recalled the “verbal aggression” that Machado and González engaged in at a food establishment in La Encrucijada, Aragua state. They stated that the attack was carried out by officials from the Mariño Mayor’s Office and the Legislative Council of that state.
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