High profile corruption cases stalled in courts
Three hearings of high profile cases of corruption and money laundering were suspended for various reasons. of corruption and money laundering underscoring complaints by prosecutors about the debilitating slowness of the Judicial Branch
Heading the list is the preliminary hearing of those allegedly involved in money laundering crimes through the law firm Mossack Fonseca which exploded on the world stage as The Panama Papers and became the subject of a Hollywood movie, The Laundromat. The case has been adjourned by the 18th Criminal Court.
This file originally investigates Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca Mora, founders of the law firm that bears their name as well as Edison Teano and María Mercedes Riaño, who headed the firm in Brazil. And lawyer Ramsés Owens who is wanted in the US.
All of them are on bail but unable to leave the country.
The hearing scheduled for Wednesday was suspended because one of the accused changed his lawyer and the new one requested time to know the file. The preliminary hearing was re-set for December 10-16.
On Wednesday the Thirteenth Criminal Court suspended the trial of Mayer Mizrachi , the former director of the AIG; Eduardo Enrique Jaén; Adonay Ortega Sánchez, Eduardo Augusto Briceño Ávila and Edgar Ariel Rodríguez.
The trial was suspended because the Supreme Court received an amparo of unconstitutionality presented by the defense of Mizrachi. The court did not set an alternate date for the hearing, as it is unknown when it will resolve the amparo
, the Sixteenth Criminal Court also suspended on Wednesday a trial of five former officials of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Ampyme) , for embezzlement.
The hearing is now set for the December 2,- 10.
