The judge who tried the brothers, without prior notice and explanation, Andrés Felipe and Ramón Emilio Pérez Hoyos Regarding the crime against Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, the hearing on April 12 was reserved.
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The media covering the event were removed from the virtual platform and little is known about what happened next. All that has emerged is that the brothers who agreed to be the articulators of the murder of the anti-mafia prosecutor executed on the beaches of Barú (Colombia) on May 10, 2022, will be sentenced on May 3. ).
The transcript from the trial is that after the Paraguayan prosecutor asked his family for forgivenessThe Pérez Hoyos brothers announced that they had found a lawyer they had absolute confidence in: Yesica Troncoso. even the public defender was suspended from the case at the beginning of the trial.
Thereupon, the criminal lawyer requested the adjournment of the trial on the grounds that he had not been informed and that he had been interviewing. with the Prosecutor’s Office for effective cooperation in the transmission of information leading to the disclosure of the murder.
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“Last night I got a call from the prosecutor informing me of the impromptu hearing,” said the lawyer, recalling that there were cases with the Hoyos brothers and Márgaret Chacón on April 12, 13 and 14. the wife of someone (Andrés) authorized by the prosecutor of the case Mario Burgos, who went to Cartagena to take the stage.
The lawyer also underlined that he could not advise them appropriately.
At that moment, the remaining journalists were removed, and the judge, without any previous defense, He declared the audience timid and forbade what was said to come out.
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Despite the warnings, EL TIEMPO Since February 21, the defense of the Pérez Hoyos brothers has met with the Burgos prosecutor and sent him letters and emails.
In fact, there is a February 23 e-mail requesting the inquiry that Pérez Hoyos will inform, a recurring request in the first days of March. And on March 21 there was a new meeting between the defense and Burgos.
Prosecutor Burgos warned that offers of cooperation did not materialize and that this was just an expectation: “I don’t know if the information they offer is relevant“.
The judge in the case warned that he had not received a power of attorney and therefore no letter was sent to him. And he recalled that the law showed that punishment came after his clients admitted to the charges: “I don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t continue”.
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However, they agreed to meet with prosecutor Burgos, but did not seek protection for a relative who had been abroad before.
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-caught in El Salvador as expected It was stated that EL TIEMPO – had no connection with the crime and in some places his presence was secondary.
Both the judge and the prosecution agreed that the defendants should meet with the accusing party’s representative. within the next 20 days.
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However, the judge announced that he would punish him. Pérez Hoyos at a trial scheduled for May 3, almost a year after the murder.
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