Martinelli spy chiefs conviction appeals pending

While their former boss, ex-president Ricardo Martinelli continues to reside in El Renacer prison during his trial for illegal wiretapping,  two convicted former heads of the National Security Council are free to roam the streets of Panama pending resolution of an appeal against their sentences.

The  50 month’s sentence was handed down to former CSN executive secretaries, Gustavo Pérez and Alejandro Garúz, on January 3 by Judge Enrique Pérez,  for the crime of inviolability of secrecy and the right to privacy.

the defense lawyers filed an appeal, seeking to annul the conviction.

The Second Superior Court does not have a defined timeframe to resolve the appeal.