Carlos Miguel Viveros Cabral, a precandidate for councilor in Asunción, has filed a cassation appeal with the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber, challenging both the appellate ruling of April 23, 2026, and the original trial verdict from October 16, 2025. According to Ultima Hora, the defense, led by attorney Alba María González Rolón, argues that the lower courts violated due process, the right to defense, and effective judicial protection.
In the original trial, judges Juan Pablo Mendoza, Carlos Hermosilla, and Héctor Fabián Escobar sentenced Viveros Cabral to a suspended prison term, requiring him to repay G. 330 million within 36 months. The case stems from a vehicle purchase contract, which the defense maintains is a civil dispute involving reciprocal breaches, not a criminal matter.
The cassation appeal lists nine grievances, including that the appellate court failed to address the defense's claim that the trial verdict was null due to apparent motivation and improper criminalization. The defense also alleges that digital evidence was admitted without sufficient safeguards, leaving the defendant in procedural defenselessness. They further claim the appellate court did not conduct a real review of the sentence, violating the right to an effective remedy.
The defense requests the annulment of both the appellate and trial rulings, and has reserved the right to take the case to international human rights bodies. The Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber, composed of ministers Manuel Ramírez Candia, Carolina Llanes, and Luis María Benítez Riera, will now review the appeal.