Mossack Fonseca principals spending Carnival behind bars

RAMÓN FONSECA Mora and Jürgen Mossack, founders of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, center of the Panama Papers revelations will spend Carnival weekend behind bars awaiting the continuation of questioning by the Second Prosecutor against Organized Crime over  money laundering.

The information was provided by lawyer Marlene Guerrera, of the legal team of Jürgen Mossack, who said Thursday that she has had access to two of the 18 volumes that are part of the investigation.

The partners  were taken into custody Feb. 10. The  case  is linked to the Lava Jato corruption scandal in Brazil.

Attorney Edison Teano and Maria Mercedes Riaño Quijano, of Mossack Fonseca’s Brazil office, are also in detention.

Guerra indicated that her client is in good health. She added that both Mossack and Fonseca are collaborating with the investigations, “as they have done since day one.”

Asked if her client would accept a plea deal, Guerra said that “everything depends on what is going on within the investigation reports La Prensa.