Counterclaim Six famous surgeons who were acquitted by the Colombian justice system 8 months agotook an unexpected turn.
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Doctors who are An investigation was launched on charges of procedural fraud and falsification of private documents, and they were sentenced to 7 years in prison. and pay a fine of 200 minimum wage.
According to the prosecutor’s accusation; Forgeries will be found in documents and certificates submitted by the defendants during their graduate studies at the University of Veiga de Almeida in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil..
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In the sentence, Arrest warrants were issued for surgeons Francisco and Carlos Sales Puccini, Jorge Nempeque, Óscar Sandoval, Ronald Ricardo Ramos and Juan Pablo Robles.. They were also banned from public office for 5 years.
On behalf of the judge in the case, It is clear that doctors are committing fraud when committing false and misleading actions to mislead the Ministry of Education.Since, in accordance with the guidelines of Decision No. 5547 of 2005, it is necessary to analyze whether the requests of verification applicants meet the requirements.
According to the dress, “It was the defendants themselves, not the Ministry of National Education, who presented the translation of the documents at the hearing, so with this brief analysis the first basis for the acquittal decision is destroyed, since it is clearly seen that he was not there. Translator merging Spanish documentsBecause it was not the Ministry of National Education that translated the documents.”
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Last February the judge in the case acquitted them, claiming procedural balance: “At least with this reality, we can neither trust the allegations of the Prosecutor’s Office nor the defense and the procedural balance we have to choose in the face of procedural doubt.”.
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And I add: “There is no evidence to suggest that we are dealing with the kind of lie that administrators, professors and students of this university here have agreed to commit. If the prosecutor’s office has evidence, it needs to say which teachers and which administrators in Brazil will initiate an investigation.“.
EL TIEMPO contacted the criminal lawyer to find out the defense’s stance on this new decision Jaime Granados, whose office authorizes many inmate surgeons.
According to Granados, Neither the arrest warrants nor the sentence are final because they will appeal in the coming days.
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“We will take legal action in accordance with the principle of double eligibility.“said Granados. He emphasized that his team of lawyers had already decided to acquit at the first stage.
Source mentioned by Granados He will be referred to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Well-known journalist Lorena BeltranThe victim of a plastic surgery performed by one of the defendants that left her with consequences immediately reacted to the decision
“I hope this decision will set a precedent, because there are many doctors who will certify their diploma in plastic surgery without due diligence.“said the communicator.
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