Attorney general Francisco Dominguez Brito says he is very concerned at the changes approved by the Senate to the penal procedures code that he fears will benefit organized crime and impunity in white collar crimes. In a letter sent to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Dominguez Brito warned that the changes include the limitations to the extension of a trial. He said that with the clause all that would be needed is to start the case so that the maximum time for the case would start and then the case would be forced to expire. “To do that would be to open the doors of drug trafficking, people smuggling, administrative corruption and assault and robbery,” said Dominguez Brito. “This counter-reform would then mean that after arresting a criminal the case would have to be discarded if the judge is presented with a police report dated four years ago. He suggested that the case should start when the individual is sent to preventive custody or proof is presented as had been approved in the Chamber of Deputies, not what the Senate approved.
He also criticized the fact that the changes approved by the Senate would definitely order closing a case that has been filed for six months. He said that would be the equivalent of guaranteeing impunity.
Procurador preocupado cambio CPP beneficie crimen organizado
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