Government insiders visit Mossack and Fonseca -Martinelli

PROMINENT  figures in the current administration have visited Fonseca Mora and Jürgen Mossack, founders   of the Mossack Fonseca  law firm, charged with money laundering

They are currently  held in police cells in Ancon , according to ex-President  Ricardo Martinelli.

He says  they have been visited by the Minister of the Presidency, Álvaro Alemán; The Minister  of Housing and Territorial Ordering (MIVIOT), Mario Etchelecu, and the deputy Adolfo “Beby” Valderrama, reports La Estrella.

Martinelli said that Fonseca Mora and Jürgen Mossack are in a luxury cell in the DIJ with all the privileges and have 24-hour visiting permits.

According to Martinelli, the visits of Alemán, Etchelecu and Valderrama are to make deals . “Fonseca Mora is crying and out of control while  he is in jail,” said  Martinelli on Sunday, Feb.12, from outside the country.

The lawyers have been detained since February 9, when the Public Ministry interrogated them and  laid charges of  with money laundering in  the Lava Jato case.

Before his first visits to prosecutors  on February 9, Fonseca Mora told media that President Juan Carlos Varela, had received campaign money from Odebrecht  the Brazilian construction company.

Fonseca Mora  also noted the complicity of the Judicial Branch with the Executive and the pacts in the National Assembly to favor personal interests.

He accused Varela and others of approving the installation of Ayu Prado as Supreme Court president as he would be open to following instructions.

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Ramón Fonseca Mora and Jürgen Mossack, founding members of the Mossack Fonseca firm, charged with money laundering and held at the Judicial Investigation Directorate (DIJ), have been visited by the Minister of the Presidency, Álvaro Alemán; The owner of Housing and Territorial Ordering (MIVIOT), Mario Etchelecu, and the deputy Adolfo “Beby” Valderrama, said the former President of the Republic Ricardo Martinelli.

Martinelli said that Fonseca Mora and Jürgen Mossack are in a luxury cell in the DIJ, with all the privileges; and have 24-hour visiting permits.