32 defendants in Lavo Jato laundering trial

 

The trial of the ” Lava Jato ” [Car Wash] case begins  Monday, June 26 to July 7 am before the Second Criminal Court.

The 32 people linked to the alleged crime of money laundering where the evacuation of 15 testimonial evidence is expected.

The judge, Baloisa Marquínez will have the participation of nine private technical defenders, and in the event of the absence of any of them, the court has appointed seven alternate public defenders, in order to guarantee the right defense, reported the Judicial Branch in a press release.

The trial will be broadcast on the YouTube platform of the Judicial Branch, with the aim of guaranteeing the principles of publicity and transparency, the press release states.

The investigation was carried out by the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime in 2016, after news events related to the “Lava Jato” operation in Brazil. The file has 299 volumes.

Some of the accused are Jurgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca Mora (directors of the defunct Mossack Fonseca film and protagonists in the Panama Papers scandal); Ramses Owen; Maria Mercedes Riano; Katia Solano; Ricardo Samaniego; Yakeline Perez; Franklyn Taylor; Carmen Wong; Edison Teano; Carlos Sousa Lennox, among others.