The former Public Works Minister Víctor Díaz Rúa and businessman Ángel Rondón can stay at liberty complying with the coercive measures imposed, as the Supreme Court of Justice on Tuesday, 15 November 2017, rejected an appeal from the Attorney General’s Office that they be return to jail on remand for their participation in the Odebrecht bribe scandal. All of the 14 accused by the Attorney General Office were allowed to stay out of jail as the investigations proceed, leading up to the trial.
The decision was made by judges Miriam Germán Brito, Alejando Moscoso Segarra, Fran Soto, Esther Angelán Casanova and Hiroito Reyes.
On leaving the court, Rondón and Díaz Rúa said they were satisfied with the decision but refused to answer any other questions from the press. Attorney General, Jean Rodríguez, said that he disagreed with the Supreme Court decision to allow Víctor Díaz Rúa and Ángel Rondón Rijo to remain at liberty as nothing had changed since the decision was made to send them to jail on remand.
Last September, Judge Francisco Ortega changed the coercive measures from remand in jail to being released with a financial guarantee, periodic presentation, and a ban on leaving the country.
Díaz and Rondón are among 14 people in the file from the public prosecution service concerning the supposed payment of US$92 in bribes made by Odebrecht to obtain state works.
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El Dia
16 November 2017
