Probation revoked for former DGI director

The compliance judge, Roberto Sánchez, revoked the probation measure granted to the former Director of General Revenue (DGI), Luis Cucalón, who is serving a 96-month prison sentence for embezzlement crimes, corruption of public servants to the detriment of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF).

The judge’s decision was given after a request from the compliance section of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, after considering that Cucalón can serve the rest of his sentence in prison.

Cucalón has maintained a probation measure since last January, which had been granted by a compliance judge, but the prosecution requested its revocation after the defendant could not establish an address where he could be monitored by the authorities.

Next September Cucalón must face a hearing for money laundering.

Through mixed order No. 02 dated March 14, 2023, the first liquidating judge, Agueda Rentería, ordered Cucalón, Cristóbal Salerno, and two others accused for the crime of money laundering, having as an offense precedent that of embezzlement and corruption, for which Cucalón was sentenced to 96 months in prison.