Former Minister gets second jail term

The former Minister of Social Development, Guillermo Ferrufino was sentenced to 48 months in prison by the Third Criminal Court Liquidator on Monday, March 14.

Two individuals got 36 months for committing the crime of corruption of a public servant for the irregular acquisition of a vehicle.

It is the second sentence imposed on Ferrufino by the court, that on February 22 applied a six-year prison sentence to the former minister and his wife for the crime of unjustified enrichment.

At the same time, the court applied disqualification for the exercise of public functions for the same period of time as the main penalty as an accessory penalty.

In the trial held on January 12, the discharge anti-corruption prosecutor Olmedo Gómez requested the conviction of the three involved.

The prosecutor specified that in 2013 Ferrufino received – for his personal use – a Toyota van from two companies that transferred the sum of $110,000 through a third person as a donation, in order to benefit them with Public contracts.