Court rejects Blue Apple appeal by Martinelli's son

The First Superior Court of the First Judicial District did not admit an action for the protection of constitutional guarantees filed by the defense of Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares against Judge Baloísa Marquínez.

Marquínez is in charge of the Third Liquidator Court, which in the coming months must evacuate the hearings of the Odebrecht and Blue Apple cases, among other high-profile cases. Martinelli Linares appears as a defendant in both cases.

The regular hearing in the Blue Apple case was originally scheduled for June 2, but was postponed. According to the alternate date, it must be held from August 16 to 26.

The events related to the case took place between 2010 and 2014 when the “Blue Apple” corporation was allegedly used to “launder” bribes that officials received from state contractors.

Martinelli Linares son of former president Ricardo Martinelli is one of the defendants in the investigation for crimes of corruption of public servants, illicit association, and money laundering.

Currently, Ricardo Alberto and his brother, Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares, are serving a sentence in the United States after having pleaded guilty to conspiring to receive bribes from the  Odebrecht construction company and that they were intended for their father, Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal.