Ex-Labor Minister still behind bars
FORMER LABOR Minister Alma Cortés remains behind bars after her third day of interrogation, by Sixth Anti- corruption prosecutor, Aurelio Vasquez.
The questioning was carried out at the headquarters of the National Police in Ancon, where she has been held in preventive detention since the night of August 11.
The investigation was moved to Ancon because flag waving CD Party demonstrators disrupted traffic and, with their ghetto blasters upset residents and businesses on Via Espana.
At Ancon , the “supporters”, have shrunk to a handful. Some reports described them as “hired help.”
Cortes is under investigation for the alleged crime of unjust enrichment, after an audit by the Comptroller General determined that she cannot justify income of $2.5 million in the period she served as minister (2009- 2014).
The investigation began on August 11 and resumed Thursday.
On August 12 he was taken to the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (Imelcf) for evaluation.
Cortés’s lawyer, Carlos Carrillo, said the prosecutor already has the results.
Carrillo said his client “has laid charges against the comptroller auditors” and already requested a change of injunction.
“Preventive detention is applied when there is no other precautionary measure. The fact that he ordered the preventive detention without pursuing this avenue is already questionable,” he said.
