Brother of ex-president Martinelli loses court battle

Former Comptroller Federico Humbert won a court battle against merchant Mario Martinelli, brother of former President Ricardo Martinelli reports La Prensa.

The Superior Court of Appeals rejected “ as inadmissible ” an appeal filed by Mario Martinelli against a decision by a Guarantees Court that did not approve reopening a case against Humbert.

In a hearing on Tuesday, June 7, magistrates Mauricio Marín, Giovannina Antinori, and Carlos Barragán listened to the parties and ruled that in this case the complaint was not admitted and, therefore, they could not challenge the decision of the judge of guarantees, that he had previously ordered the filing of the said complaint against Humbert.

hIn 2019, Mario Martinelli accused Humbert of allegedly committing the crimes of abuse of authority and infringement of the duties of public servants, an illegal act that he would have committed when he was exercising the comptrollership and, allegedly, ordered to suspend incentives to companies in which Martinelli was a partner.