Martinelli sons get court thumbs down

The Twelfth Criminal Court has denied two legal remedies to the sons of former president Ricardo Martinelli, as part of the investigations by anti-corruption prosecutors for the payment of bribes from Odebrecht.

Both are on an Interpol red alert list and facing an extradition from the US request.

Luis Enrique Martinelli  Linares asked   for the nullity of the Odebrecht case, because the Prosecutor’s Office investigated the Los Andes Mall S.A. and Importer Ricamar S.A. alleging  that their father  was the total partial owner   or of the shares of the two companies and due and as  he  was  a deputy of the Parlacen, the investigation was the competence of the Supreme Court.

Judge Oscar Carrasquilla, in a ruling on  October 2 rejected the nullity incident by pointing out

that the former president is not being investigated in this case. He added that the two companies are linked, by money transfers that were made to the brothers Martinelli Linares.

in another resolution of Judge Carrasquilla declared an incident of controversy presented by the lawyer of Ricardo Martinelli Linares, arguing that the Prosecutor’s Office did not provide copies of the entire Odebrecht file and that affects his right to defense.

Panama’s  Foreign Ministry has asked the United States to extradite the brothers for an for money laundering in the Odebrecht case with over 10 people imputed.