Martinelli lawyer files complaint against trial judge

For not allowing protected witnesses to be questioned during the hearing of the “New Business” case, the lawyer Alfredo Vallarino filed a complaint on Friday, June 9, in the investigation unit in the Court of Integrity and Transparency of the Judicial Branch against Judge Baloisa Marquínez.

Vallarino in his complaint asks the Court to investigate Marquínez for his actions in the trial. According to Vallarino, the top prosecutor Emeldo Márquez and Marquínez lied to the country.

“A judicial trick was played to avoid the cross-examination of the protected witnesses Henry Mizrachi and Ricarrdo Francolini,” said the jurist.

Vallarino explained that according to Márquez and Marquínez, the protected witnesses had not been able to be located, but “we all know that at the beginning of the hearing, William Moore presented an excuse on behalf of the protected witnesses.” He added that everyone knows where Mizrachi and Francolini are and recalled that they “knew about the hearing and it was said that they could not be located.