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SECOND DAY OF HEARINGS
For the second consecutive day in the mega-hearing room of the Judicial Branch, the opening hearing for the trial of 58 people was resumed, including former deputies and former employees of the Legislative Branch, implicated in the case “Ghost Squares in the Congress of the Republic”, this day the FECI read the indictments against people linked to former deputy Christian Boussinot. Until the closing of this note the diligence continued in development.
CC CONFIRMS SENTENCE AGAINST LAWYER
The Constitutional Court rejected an injunction requested by the lawyer Vernon Eduardo González Portillo, linked to the Patriot Party against the Supreme Court of Justice, which confirmed the sentence of 5 years in incommutable prison issued by the Fifth Criminal Court in 2016. With this ruling, the conviction dictated was confirmed.
The visit took place after the IACHR required the State of Guatemala to adopt provisional measures in favor of the togado.👇 https://t.co/iWYLOgay55
– La Hora Newspaper (@lahoragt) July 15, 2022
ALLEGED VIOLATOR ON TRIAL
The Court of First Instance for Crimes of Femicide ruled that Pedro González Valenzuela must face oral and public debate for the crime of rape with special circumstances of aggravation in real competition. González is accused by the Public Ministry of sexual assault against an 8-year-old girl on three occasions in March 2021, in a building in zone 18 of the capital.
The work of the personnel of the Office of the Prosecutor for Children and Adolescents in the intermediate stage hearing led the Judge of First Instance for Crimes of Femicide to resolve that Pedro González Valenzuela face oral and public debate pic.twitter.com/FjJfMSvYXp
— Guatemalan MP (@MPguatemala) July 15, 2022
PRESENT ASSAULT RIFLE AS EVIDENCE
This Friday, July 15, the trial continued against several gang members allegedly responsible for the armed attack near Unaerc in which the member of a rival gang alias “Fat” died in August 2016. In the High Risk Court “A” , the Prosecutor’s Office presented several elements of evidence that support the case, among them an AR-15 type rifle that was located at the scene of the attack. The diligence continues next Monday.
THEY WILL ANALYZE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES OF JUDGE GÁLVEZ
The High Risk Judge “B”, Miguel Ángel Gálvez received the deputy director in charge of the office of the Presidential Commission for Peace and Human Rights (Copadeh), Eddy Cano, in response to the precautionary measures granted by the IACHR in 2016. During the visit that was carried out behind closed doors, a new meeting was requested to review and learn about the needs and requests of the togado, so far the date is unknown.
At least 12 deputies attended less than half of the plenary sessions. Find out here who are the congressmen with the most absences 👇 https://t.co/K7ptOd1q4T
– La Hora Newspaper (@lahoragt) July 15, 2022
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