Judge has 30 days to decide on the guilt of  $13 million Pegasus loss

A judge of liquidating criminal cases accepted on October 31 that at the end of 30 days to decide whether the former director of the National Police, Gustavo Pérez, and the former director of the extinct National Assistance Program Giacomo Tamburelli are guilty or not for the loss of Pegasus software, acquired from Israel that served for intercepting phone calls.

The diligence lasted about three hours and the defense of Pérez, Tamburelli and the Prosecutor’s Office were present.

At the hearing, the former members of the National Security Council, William Pittí and Ronny Rodríguez, who did not appear in the process, were declared guilty in absentia.

Pérez’s defense, lawyer Alfredo Vallarino, assured that it was not a lost machine, but software.

The Prosecutor’s Office, for its part, requested a sentence for Pérez and Tamburelli and argued that it had presented all the evidence.

Pérez’s defense, lawyer Alfredo Vallarino, assured that it was not a lost machine, but software.

The software would have cost the State $13 million and was not found when the government changed.

The same would have been allegedly used for illegal wiretapping during the administration of former President Ricardo Martinelli.