Corruption suspect accuses prosecutor

A FORMER CD  Cabinet minister facing charges  of unjustified enrichment totaling $2.5 million  has turned on her accuser and the country’s comptroller.

Ex- Minister of Labor Alma Cortés  filed a complaint on Friday September 9 against Sixth Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Aurelio Vasquez for abuse of  authority.

The prosecutor is investigating Cortés, a practicing lawyer,   for unjustified enrichment  while in office, based on an audit by the comptroller that concluded that the former minister earned $2.5 million in unjustified income while in office. Cortés was initially jailed but later released on $300,000 bond.

“I was subjected to psychological abuse,” Cortés said, also adding that she was denied food while in police custody.

She presented the complaint to the Office of the Attorney General.

She also criticized Comptroller Federico Humbert.

“That man will pay in front of justice,” she said.

Earlier  Cortes had attacked Electoral Tribunal chief magistrate  Erasmo Pinilla for considering another term in office, citing earlier accusations of nepotism.

She in turn was accused of hypocrisy, for employing half a dozen family members when she was in office.