A court hearing in the National District to review the coercive measures imposed on accused drug dealer Sidney Rafael Matías Pérez has been postponed until 21 May as Matías Pérez did not have any lawyers to represent him. The Public Prosecution service asked for him to be assigned a Public Defender immediately.
The hearing concerned a request by the Prosecutors to change the coercive measures applied to Matías Pérez, which currently consist solely of periodic presentation. They are seeking preventive custody, as not only is he a repeat offender, but it also thought to be head of a drug gang from whom 365 kilos of cocaine were confiscated by the authorities.
Matías Pérez is also accused of threatening journalist Teresa Casado, who has denounced she has received two life-threatening emails, following a home robbery. Matías Pérez states it had nothing to do with him.
Dressed in a Hugo Boss suit, he said that he was being painted as a vile criminal that he was not.
In January, Matías Pérez completed four years in jail and having been released, began a period of another four years under a conditional sentence. He was arrested on 19 March this year in Santiago accused of being linked to a shipment of 365 kilos of drugs.
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El Dia
15 May 2019