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Before the Oral Court of Antofagasta, the closing arguments of the trial against the former mayor of Antofagasta, Karen Red, charged with the crimes of tax fraud and incompatible negotiation in the so-called Main case.
The Prosecutor’s Office asks for 7 years and a day in prison for Rojo, He is accused of having hired a consultancy from the Main company —on part of the Municipal Corporation for Social Development—, which would have had the objective of improving the position of the communal chief for her reelection.
The former executive secretary of the Municipal Corporation, Edgardo Vergara, and the former municipal administrator Héctor Gómez are also accused of these crimes, who risk 5 and 3 years in prison, respectively.
The chief prosecutor of the Antofagasta local prosecutor’s office, Cristian Aguilar, insisted that the counterpart’s witnesses they did not contribute anything and that the persecuting entity was able to prove before the court, the participation of the accused in crimes.
The attorney for the State Defense Council, plaintiff in the case, Carlos Bonilla, emphasized that the truth is simple and clear, like the evidence presented by the Public Ministry.
Likewise, the lawyer said that corruption rots the essential premise of the rule of law.
Tomorrow from 8:30, it will be the turn of the defense lawyers to make the closing arguments and later the replies will come.
It is expected that this week the court of a verdict.
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