Second Interpol red alert for Martinelli son
Interpol has issued a new red alert for the arrest of Luis Enrique Martinelli- son of former President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal – for allegedly receiving money from companies linked to Panama the corruption scheme known as Blue Apple.
According to prosecutor’s investigation, two companies that served as a “basket” to receive the bribes paid by State contractors in the last government, made payments to the Energy Corporation of the Isthmus, linked to Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares.
The final destination of the money would have been the Lemar Foundation, whose legal representative is Marta Linares de Martinelli, wife of the former president
The former first lady was summoned to testify last month by the prosecutor’s office but took article 25 of the Constitution to avoid questioning.
Luis Enrique and his brother Ricardo Martinelli Linares have had an Interpol red alert since February 2017 in the investigation related to the bribes paid by the Odebrecht construction company investigated by the Special Anticorruption Office.
Swiss authorities have frozen $22 million in bank accounts of the two sons and Panama has seized a helicopter and a luxury apartment in Madrid.
The ex-president has been in the El Renacer prison since his extradition from the USA on June 11 as court hearings into his alleged role in illegal interception of messages of over 150 political opponents, journalists, businessmen, and lawyers. The prosecution is calling for a 21-year jail term.
