“Unlike the other cases, it is not something that is projected, here the risks were recognized, that is why there are six convictions,” said the lawyer for the victims in the case. Penads, Juan Raúl Williman after the extension of the preventive detention of the former senator. “This is where the investigation was hindered,” he noted.
“Just as these risks have materialized in a timely manner, there is a possibility that they will continue, and that possibility, in the case of an investigation that is not yet well developed, justifies this extension of 180 days,” he added in response to the defendants’ arguments citing procedural risks.
The lawyer also spoke about the deadline for the prosecution to file charges. “We have a lot of work to do, but there is a deadline,” he explained.
Lawyers for Penadés, Homero Guerrero and Laura Robatto, and Mauvezín, Juan Carlos Fernández Lecchini, left the court without making a statement. The defense appealed the court decision requested by prosecutor Alicia Ghione in the case, arguing that the procedural risks had not been proven. In the case of Penadés, house arrest was requested and for Mauvezín, release was requested.