Supreme Court rejects appeal in “Gucci” dog walking case

The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the defense of the former Deputy Minister of Social Development (Mides), Zulema Sucre, sentenced to 36 months in prison for the crime of embezzlement in the so-called Gucci case.

The process against Sucre, who served as deputy minister between July 2014 and March 2016, in the administration of President Juan Carlos Varela, began after her bodyguards filed a complaint with the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (Antai), in which they complained that the official dismissed them because they refused to carry out domestic tasks, such as walking Gucci, Sucre’s dog. Also, according to the complaint, they had to accompany her daughters to parties and even to carnival with their friends.

The former director of Antai, Angélica Maytín, filed the complaint with the Public Ministry on February 22, 2017.