Rubén Berrocal and Others Exonerated in Senacyt Case

In a recent court ruling, Rubén Berrocal, former secretary of the National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation (SENACYT), has been exonerated of charges in one of the cases for alleged crimes against public administration related to irregular contracts, during the exercise of his office.

In a document signed by Edwin Juárez Duarte, Senior Anti-Corruption Prosecutor of the Attorney General’s Office, it is detailed that the dismissal in favor of Berrocal is for the case of a consulting contract signed between Senacyt and the company Inversiones Carmanace SA.

Among the officials also released in this case are: Alexander Alfredo Hernández Valenzuela, National Deputy Director of Administration and Finance; Diego Villanueva Martinelli, Director of Administration and Finance of SENACYT; Laura Rebeca Echeverry Abad, Project Coordinator of the Superior Office and María Luisa Montenegro de Gracia, Project Evaluator.  All of them were investigated and found innocent of the charges against the public administration in the form of embezzlement.

However, it was learned that the former director of Senacyt, Berrocal still faces another ongoing judicial process.