The procedure was to be carried out on October 26, but is postponed due to lack of expert reports. The judge in the case must set a new date.
On October 26, at 09:00, the evaluation hearing and preparation for the trial of the Las Torres case were scheduled to take place, in which ex-comptroller Pablo Celi and 12 other people are prosecuted for alleged organized crime; Nevertheless, the diligence will no longer take place that day.
On the afternoon of October 25, the national judge Felipe Córdova notified that the hearing was postponed on the grounds that the expertise requested by the defense of Pablo Flores, ex-manager of Petroecuador and one of the defendants, has not yet been included in the tax file.
It is also noted that the Flores defense From September 29 to October 28, you must participate in a different case, therefore, cannot attend the preparatory trial hearing which had been set for October 26. The defenses of former comptroller Celi, as well as those investigated Angelo Steve Rodríguez and Silvia Giomara López also presented briefs to the magistrate.
What’s more, Deputy District Attorney Wilson Toainga He requested that the proceedings be postponed, since the expert reports are not yet available.
In this sense, Judge Córdova ruled that, in order not to affect the right to defense of the procedural subjects, the hearing will be rescheduled because it cannot be substantiated. The new date has not yet been set.
It is not the first time that the diligence has been postponed. The same hearing was to be held on September 21, but was not held at the request of the attorneys for the defendants. (I)
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