Carlos Balcacerlawyer for the accused in the Camaleón case, Jochi Gomezconfirmed his freedom today. On the other hand, jurist Laura Acosta indicated that the accused Hugo Beras and Pedro Padovani They leave the Najayo prison this Wednesday, after yesterday a court varied the measure of coercion, which was prison preventive for 18 months.
Judges Isis Muñiz, Luis Omar Jiménez and Delio Germán, of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District, varied the measure of coercion of prison preventive due to impediment to leaving the country, presentation periodically and warranty economical.
Balcácer said that his client José Ángel Gómez, owner of the company Aurix SAS and Transcore Latam paid a bail of two million pesos, money that goes to an account of the Attorney’s Office General of the Republic (PGR).
Meanwhile, the former director of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), Hugo Berasand Pedro Vinicio Padovani Báez, former head of the Intrant Traffic Control Center, must pay a warranty economic contribution of five million pesos each, through a company insurancebefore leaving the prison premises.
“I’m grateful, because I’m going to have the chance to see my children I haven’t seen them yet,” said Beras, upon leaving the Court of Appeal of the National District.
The three defendants must also comply with the presentation periodically before the Public Ministry the first three days of each month until the preparatory stage of the case is completed.
The judges consider that Beras, Gómez and Padovani do not represent danger of drainso they can continue to learn about their case in freedom with these measures less burdensome.
The Court unanimously assessed the variations in the measurement of coercion against Beras and Padovani. In the case of Gómez there was a dissenting vote by Judge Isis Muñiz, who did not agree with letting the latter out of jail, considering that can destroy evidence in the research process.
Balcacer stated on Monday night, after the court’s ruling, that the “Dominican justice system no longer believes in prison preventive”given that today the Public Ministry He does not have a person in captivity from any of the court cases he follows.
Those involved in the Intrant case were sent to the Najayo Men’s Correction and Rehabilitation Center in San Cristóbal a month ago to serve 18 months of prison preventive for allegedly fraudulently executing the 1,317 million pesos contract to install the traffic light network of Greater Santo Domingo.
Jochi Gomez, Hugo Beras and Pedro Padovani are accused of belonging to an alleged network of corruption and crime organized organization dedicated to embezzlement, fraud against the State, counterfeiting, coalition of officials, smuggling, illicit trade, sabotage and terrorism against critical infrastructure and identity theft.
