Prosecutor reviewing equipment seized in probe of Martinelli sons

THE ANTI-CORRUPTION  Special Prosecutor’s Office is  reviewing  computers and cell phones seized in carried out Feb. 23 at Importadora Ricamar, the headquarters of the Martinelli Super 99 supermarket chain, which also houses the offices of Promotora y Desarrollo Los Andes linked to Ricarso Martinelli’s fugitive sons,

Equipment from the the residence of attorney Evelyn Vargas Reynaga  was also seized and is being studied.

Prosecutor Tania Sterling and attorneys for Luis Enrique

Martinelli and Evelyn Vargas Reynaga, two of the

defendants in the case, were at the Institute of Forensic

Medicine and Forensic Science (Imelcf) in Clayton,

where the review took place.

The survey was conducted on two computers of Vargas. One of these was seized in the office of Promotora y Desarrollo Los Andes, located in the Los Andes shopping center in San Miguelito, and the other from her office at Importadora Ricamar. In addition, two cell phones were

reviewed.

They also inspected a computer belonging to Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares that was

confiscated from Importadora Ricamar.

Roniel Ortiz, an attorney for Promotora y Desarrollo Los Andes, said that Vargas does not currently have an office at the company, and works exclusively at Importadora Ricamar.

Juan Vega, the lawyer for Vargas Reynaga, did not respond to requests from La Prensa  for comment.

The case revolves around charges that Vargas Reynaga, and the two sons of ex-president  Ricardo Martinelli hid money in Swiss bank accounts from  bribes paid by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.