A federal judge today ratified the justified preventive detention against the former head of Sedesol and Sedatu, Rosario Robles Berlanga, when determining that his argument of age and health condition to grant him home detention is not valid.
For this reason, the former Secretary of State will continue to be imprisoned in the Female Prison of Santa Martha Acatitla From Mexico City.
In her appearance, Rosario Robles said that she was already waiting for a decision against her, and lashed out that other people related to her case – without mentioning names – were taking the process at liberty.
This Thursday, December 30, a hearing was held to review the precautionary measure in criminal case 314/2019, where the control judge Ganther Alejandro Villar Ceballos, determined that the Third District Judge of Amparo in Criminal Matters in Mexico City , Augusto Octavio Mejía Ojeda, did not specify that the preventive detention should be annulled, or carry out any particular diligence, but that he should issue the considerations by which he imposed preventive detention on Robles.
Judge Villar Ceballos indicated that in terms of the request made by the amparo judge, he no longer considered, to impose on Robles the informal preventive detention, his economic capacity or the diligence of the notifier carried out at his home.
Regarding the arguments of the defense of Robles, regarding his ailments and state of health, Judge Villar said that they are not enough to estimate that he runs a risk of continuing in prison.
He stated that the house arrest is not appropriate in view of his age and neither Relating to having a condition that reduces your functional activities, which determines that his internment is incompatible, especially because his sufferings have been treated by the prison authorities of Santa Martha Acatitla.
The Judge pointed out that at all times, Rosario Robles has expedited her right to health, so that in case it is not attended by the prison authorities, she can present her petition to the competent Execution Judge.
The control judge Ganther Alejandro Villar Ceballos mentioned that he subsists against Robles Berlanga, regarding the fact that the National Center for Planning, Analysis and Information to Combat Crime (Cenapi) placed her in Costa Rica, but she said she did not have the resources to leave the country; Besides, he pointed out that he only had one address, when in fact he had others; as well as the analysis of the possible penalty to impose.
Likewise, he showed as aspects in favor of Robles, his desire to undergo the process by going to two appointments, the family seat and his residence. However, he ratified the justified preventive detention.
The former Secretary of State is implicated by the General Prosecutor of the Republic in the so-called “Master Scam”, an operation in which 27 agreements with public universities were signed irregularly – during his tenure – that caused patrimonial damage to the treasury for 5,073 million pesos. Due to this situation, the prosecution requested 21 years in prison against Robles Berlanga.
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