A bad day in court for convicted embezzler

Work as a legal assistant would be too demanding for Rafael Guardia Jaén, currently serving time for embezzlement and money laundering said a compliance judge on  Monday, February 17, when rejecting an application for probation

The compliance judge Malena Caballero the  denied  the petition for presented  by the defense of the former director of the former National Aid Program, detained at El Renacer prison

According to Caballero, the request presented by a defense attorney for Guardia Jaén did not comply with the necessary to be able to ger her approval.

The judge based her decision that the work in which Guardia Jaén would be doing  – as a legal assistant in a law firm – was too demanding for the health situation “that the applicant presents.”

She considered that it could be wrong for her to accept that Guardia Jaén enjoyed this job offer, when his health has been impaired by problems such as gastritis, and back pain, among others.

At the hearing, it was learned that Esperanza Juárez, the first wife of Guardia Jaén, had offered to be  guarantor of this petition. To do this, she made her address available.

However, the judge said that, due to the work of Juarez, the faithful compliance with the rule of freedom under surveillance could not be guaranteed. Even during the hearing on Monday, Juarez asked permission from the judge to attend to business, an action that Caballero also took into account to support her decision.

This is the second time this petition has been denied to Guardia  Jaén,  and he is back in El Reneacer.

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