Judge Fatima Veloz of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District has ordered 18 months of preventive detention for seven individuals implicated in the corruption scheme named Operation Camaleon regarding capital city traffic lights and national security contracts.
Among those ordered to serve time in the Najayo Men’s Correctional and Rehabilitation Center is the former National Institute of Transit and Transportation (Intrant) director Hugo Beras, Intrant official Pedro Vinicio Padovani Báez and Jochi Gómez, said to be the man behind the recent Intrant traffic lights contract and the owner of the security company Aurix, that is linked to the Camaleón case.
The judge also imposed house arrest and a travel ban on defendant Samuel Gregorio Baquero Sepúlveda, while other defendants were ordered to appear periodically in court and pay bail...
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