Lawyer Cecilia Pérez denounced that the referral of complaints about the Santiago Peña government's "dirty campaign" to the Comptroller General's Office by Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández represents an attempt to close the case, pointing out procedural flaws, failure to preserve evidence, and disparity in treatment compared to other investigations.
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Prosecutor Jorge Arce, who was part of the team that requested the dismissal of charges against Horacio Cartes, has been assigned to investigate President Santiago Peña for alleged illicit enrichment, money laundering, and other crimes.
Paraguay's Attorney General Emiliano Rolón created two new specialized cybercrime units and assigned prosecutors Lorenzo Lezcano and Federico Delfino to them, amid controversies over Lezcano's conduct, who is the subject of a preliminary investigation by the Jury for the Prosecution of Magistrates for alleged ties to the late congressman Eulalio Gomes.
Prosecutor General Emiliano Rolón replaced Deputy Prosecutor Soledad Machuca as head of UDEA with Nancy Salomón. Machuca, accused of shelving a complaint against former Senator Hernán Rivas, faces proceedings before the JEM and was called a "black monk" by Senator Yolanda Paredes.
State Attorney General Emiliano Rolón removed Deputy Attorney María Soledad Machuca from the Specialized Unit for Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption and the Money Laundering Unit, following questions about alleged shelving of emblematic cases. Nancy Salomón takes over the position.