The Public Prosecutor’s Office accused former Ciudad del Este mayor Miguel Prieto, Sebastián Martínez Insfrán and councilor Valeria Romero of an alleged breach of trust involving Regional Hospital funds and asked for the case to proceed to oral trial. The request remains subject to a preliminary hearing.
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office is conducting a forensic examination at Copaco to investigate the alleged diversion of more than 1.1 billion guaraníes through fictitious payments to the Municipality of Asunción and transfers to personal accounts.
Former mayor Miguel Prieto will stand trial in the Tajy Case after admissions by former collaborators, while his party denounces political persecution and expands international operations.
The Public Prosecutor's Office formally charged former congressman Orlando Arévalo with aggravated passive bribery in the #LaMafiaManda case, for allegedly accepting checks worth Gs. 202,000,000 as loan collateral in exchange for favoring prosecutor Stella Mary Cano in a disciplinary proceeding before the JEM.
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.