He Public ministry (MP) informs that it has presented the requests for the withdrawal of pretrial proceedings of the elected duo and four deputies of the Congress of the republic.
The six requests to the Judicial Branch are in follow-up to the investigation that they have named “USAC Takeover Case: Political Loot.” The aforementioned investigation is in charge of the Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes against the Cultural Heritage of the Nation.
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The pretrial requests are against César Bernardo Arévalo de León, current deputy to the Congress of the Republic and president-elect. Karin Larissa Herrera, vice president-elect.
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Against the deputies Carlos Barreda Taracena, from the VOS party; Samuel Andrés Pérez Álvarez, from the Semilla party, and Adán Pérez y Pérez, from Winaq. In addition, there is Raúl Amílcar Barrera Robles, deputy elected by the Semilla Movement party.
The prosecution does not disclose why it has not requested the withdrawal of the immunity of deputies Aldo Dávila, from the VOS party, and Román Castellanos, from Semilla. And, in the conference given for the case, the prosecutor announced that he would also take action against these congressmen.
In the case of the USAC takeover, the MP carried out 31 raids, with 27 arrest warrants, but only made five arrests, of teachers and students. Also among those detained is Marcela Blanco, who was a candidate for deputy for the Semilla Movement.
The thesis of the investigating entity is that the seizure of the central campus served as a “political platform” to participate as candidates in the last elections. In some cases because the officials were seen at the scene, in others, as in the case of Arévalo, because they spoke on social networks.
Regarding the requests for withdrawal of pretrial proceedings, Deputy Carlos Barreda describes the prosecutor’s intention as “ridiculous.” Furthermore, he points out that this is a political persecution so that the elected authorities do not take office on January 14, 2024.
