The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of former governor Hugo Javier González, making his 10-year sentence for embezzling pandemic funds definitive, while his defense announces a new motion to annul the verdict.
Alberto Martínez Simón
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Paraguayan congressional leaders were recorded on an open microphone discussing opposition lawmaker Raúl Benítez, who accused the conversation of revealing "mafia codes," while the ruling party dismissed it as a mere anecdote.
The Supreme Court of Justice of Paraguay unanimously upheld the 30-year prison sentence of former police officer Eusebio Torres Romero for tortures committed during the Stroessner dictatorship, rejecting the defense's appeal that claimed the crimes were time-barred and affirming that crimes against humanity are imprescriptible under international law norms.
Supreme Court President Alberto Martínez Simón met with experts from Argentina and Chile to discuss comparative experiences on procedural reforms, judicial management, and technology applied to Paraguay's civil system.
Juan Emilio Galeano, a victim of the scheme known as the promissory note mafia, approached the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Alberto Martínez Simón, in the hallways of the Palace of Justice to complain about a seizure of 100 million guaraníes that he considers illegal and usurious. Galeano stated he would rather go to jail than pay the alleged debt.
The full bench of the Supreme Court of Justice summoned Judge Librada Peralta, from Pedro Juan Caballero, to give a statement on May 26 before deciding on her suspension. She was reported for allegedly using false documents to gain an advantage in a competition of the Council of the Judiciary. In the same session, Minister César Garay proposed that the Council specify the origin of the doctoral degrees of members of the triple lists, and Secretary Julio Pavón presented a partial report on the intervention in the Civil Statistics Directorate of the Judiciary.