The First Collegiate Court of the National District set 18 May 2017 as the date for the start of the trial against Fenatrado trucker union president Blas Peralta, who is accused of the murder of former rector of the state university UASD Mateo Aquino Febrillet on 11 March 2016. The defendant’s lawyers had filed a series of motions that delayed the start of the trial for over a year. Judge Rigoberto Sena said that the process of discovery is complete and he ordered the start of the trial.
Accused as accomplices in the case are Geraldo Félix Bautista Mena, former Police colonel Rafael Herrera Peña and Franklin Venegas.
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El Dia
17 April 2017
