Government supplier, Eddy Santana Zorrilla, accused of criminal association and corruption against the state, had won contracts in the ministries of Public Works, Environment and Public Heath, the Chamber of Deputies, the Presidency Social Plan and Inespre.
He had also won contracts at the Metropolitan Office of Autobus Services (OMSA) and the National District City Hall, bringing the total number of government institutions he provided with services to eight.
Santana Zorrilla is accused of being part of a network of corruption in OMSA, along with Manual Rivas, the dismissed former director of OMSA, who is currently serving one year on remand in jail in Najayo, linked to the murder of the university professor and lawyer Yuniol Ramírez.
A decision as to coercive measures for Santana Zorrila will be heard today, Tuesday 24 October 2017.
His lawyer says he is just being tried on acts of corruption, not for participation in the murder case of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez.
Diario Libre reports today that the bus repair contracts were so lucrative that a review of these showed that the buses spent more time in the repair shops than offering service to the public.
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Diario Libre
24 October 2017
