Red Devils case enters 8th week with 541 defendants
The preliminary hearing of the “Red Devils” case will reach its eighth week when the presentations of the arguments of the defense attorneys resume at the Roberto Durán Arena, on Tuesday, May 3.
There are 541defendants for alleged Embezzlement of the Transit Authority (ATTT).
The Judicial Branch reported that, until last Friday, April 30, a total of 129 lawyers have argued, including private technicians (113) and public defenders (16), who represent 423 defendants.
The hearing is in the Roberto Durán Arena in order to guarantee biosecurity measures due to the large number of parties involved.
The criminal process consists of 683 volumes and the legal assistance of the accused is in charge of 238 private lawyers, in addition to 20 public defenders appointed by the Court, with the purpose of exercising the legal representation of the accused in the event that their private attorneys fail to attend.
