By reading testimonials from 35 witnessesfive of them with reserved identity, the Public Ministry of Chihuahau exposed how the exmandatario in comparsa with the late Carlos Hermosillo, gave instructions to Octavio Legarreta and Leonel De La Rosa of the Rural Development Secretariat, as well as to Cristian Rodallegas, José Luis García Mayagoitia and Jaime Herrera in the Ministry of Finance, in addition, to middle management, to divert public resources to the Northern Division Livestock Union.
All this for the amount of 96 million 685 thousand pesoswhere purchases of corn, beans and oats, equipment for cattle fertilization, compensation, training, support for the storm, among others, were simulated.
During this hearing, the MP explained that in 2016 the former president summoned several officials related to deviations at the Government House, where he asked them to complement all administrative processes to prevent these deviations from being detected.
Witnesses: Luis Jesús Ruiz Palma, Guillermina Hernández Vázquez, Joaquin Francisco Hernández Vega, Ricardo Jorge Molina Seáñez, Sandra Luz Esparza Rodríguez, Jorge Salazar López, Brenda Aidé Gómez Bolaños, Sergio Emilio Prieto Gamboa, Isela Menchaca Baca, Víctor Hugo Maldonado Gachupín, Diana Karina Velázquez Hugo Villamonte Contreras, Maximiliano Márquez Rivera, Agustín Jaime Ramírez Licón, Enrique Alvarado Moreno, Manuel Ramírez Vázquez, Salomón Rodríguez Villanueva, Manuel Castillo Arzate, Pablo Rodríguez Flores, Mario Fierro Tarango, David Olivas Aguilar, Valente Díaz Javalera, José Díaz Holguín, Maurilio Figueroa Figueroa, Nicodemo Escalante, Mauro Carrasco García, Bonifacio Carrasco García, Josefina Carrasco García and Luz Carrasco García.
Witnesses with reserved identity: 56RT65P27/2018, KA5P23/2019, 5M4GYUH19A/2019, FE54HD7SHUW2/2019 y 67HD6JA9K2S/2018
* State of health of Duarte present at the hearing, they took his blood pressure and brought him a wheelchair
The doctor Armando Silva Palafox who entered Room 8 of the Judicial City in the center of the city of Chihuahua, this by authorization of the judge, while the Prosecutor’s Office continued to read the testimonies he collected, so far they have read 16 statements.
This is how, with a blood pressure gauge, he was able to measure the pressure of the former president, who is in a wheelchair due to pain from a hernia.
Judge Humberto Chávez asked the doctor to say the pressure of the former governor in front of the microphone, which was 152/93.
The pressure has increased on the former president, since an hour and a half ago he had a pressure of 150/90.
* Duarte used livestock for expenses of his El Saucito ranch: Prosecutor’s Office
The Public Ministry described the testimonies of Valentín Díaz Javalera and José Díaz Holguín “cowboys” from the former governor’s “El Saucito” ranch who worked for him since 2008, however, his family has been related to the Duarte family for 20 years.
In their statement they indicated that they were in charge of coordinating all the personnel who worked not only at the “El Saucito” ranch, but also at “Rancho Enmedio”, “Brebaje” and “Nogalera”, all located in the municipality of Balleza, Chihuahua. ; and they added that the number of workers on these properties increased after César Duarte was governor.
Given this, it was how they met Guadalupe Medina, an accountant for the Northern Division Livestock Union, who instructed them to invoice all the purchases they made for animal feed, maintenance, and even the installation of an irrigation system for said association.
*They bought the Santa Rita ranch at $169 per hectare: Prosecutor’s Office
The State Attorney General’s Office exposed during the hearing to formulate the indictment of César Duarte, that it was in December 2011 when Carlos Hermosillo began to look for ranches for allegedly grazing calves and that was when the Bonifacio Carrasco García, who was the one who had the deal with the late federal deputy.
Bonifacio, described the MP, offered Hermosillo the ranch for 200 dollars per hectare, since with this price it would be difficult for them to buy it, however at the end of December 2011 an armed group kidnapped him and after paying his family the ransom for 120 thousand pesos, Hermosillo contacts him again and that is when he and his brothers decide to sell it.
This at a price of 169 dollars per hectare.
In addition, Hermosillo bought four thousand heads from them that they had on the Santa Rita ranch, which is divided into four properties: Santa Rita, El Cuervo and Galenes, which had a combined extension of 27,900 hectares.
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