The Specialized Prosecution Unit for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) has read the charges at the trial of the four people implicated in the corruption case at the Office of Supervising Engineers for State Works (Oisoe).
Alejandro de los Santos and Joel Soriano are accused of having used their positions to extort contractors, obliging them to take out credit in association with Julio Pérez Alejo, said to be the man with the briefcase and Juan Ernesto Romero.
The group is accused of causing architect David Rodríguez to commit suicide at Oisoe headquarters as he was drowning in debt which he had taken on due after the accused had allegedly threatened to take the work away from him.
The trial will continue today, Wednesday 21 June, with the statements of the witnesses.
The prosecutors have been criticized in the media for leaving out the investigation of department heads and the director.
Read more in Spanish:
Hoy
21 June 2017
