$2.5 million enrichment suspect exits jail

FORMER LABOR Minister  Alma Cortés, under  investigation for the alleged  unjust enrichment, was released from prison on  of Wednesday, August 24, after depositing bail of  $ 300,000, set by the Second Court.

Out of custody of the National Police and surrounded by CD party members she returned to the CD “political persecution”mantra mouthed when any member of the former administration is investigated for corruption.

“I am a woman who has not committed a crime in my life and I’ll prove my innocence” she said.

Before  her release, members of Democratic Change were in front of the headquarters of the National Police, on the Omar Torrijos Avenue, and  had an altercation with officers of the National Police.

Leading the protesters was Luis Eduardo Camacho, spin doctor for Martinelli, who described the event as “repression”.

During the Martinelli administration numerous demonstrators were killed and wounded by riot police.

The sixth Anticorruption Prosecutor investigates the Cortes for the alleged crime of unjust enrichment, after an audit by the Comptroller General determined that her income could not  justify $2.5 million in her bank accounts.