The Specialized Prosecution Office for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) suffered another setback on Monday 7 August, 2017, when a National District court dismissed the charges against the for Prosecutor of the National District Ysidro Vásquez, who was accused of supposedly receiving bribes from Nelson Cabral, accused in the Banco Peravia bankruptcy case.
In December 2015, during a hearing, Cabral said that he had given US$125,000 to Vasquez as the first part of US$250,000 so that government would not press charges for fraud. Cabral refused to offer more information during the sentencing hearing.
The former prosecutor, who resigned in the face of a possible disciplinary hearing, said he was satisfied with the results of the process and urged the members of the Public Prosecution Service to be more rigorous when it came to investigating a member of that institution as this affected their honor and their family.
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Al Momento
9 August 2017
