This Friday, the Martial Court revoked the prosecution of the former commander in chief of the Army, Ricardo Martínez, who was being investigated for the crime of fraud against the Treasury in the case known as Milicogate, in the area of tourism companies.
In split ruling, the Martial Court revoked the indictment of the former commander in chief of the Army, Ricardo Martínezto whom fraud was attributed to the Treasury in one of the edges of the case known as Milicogate, of tourism companies.
According to La Radio, this resolution says that it is considered necessary to determine the amount of the allegedly defrauded and for this accounting expertise is suggested.
It is declared -according to this ruling- that the former commander-in-chief of the Army is not prosecuted in this case for fraud against the Treasury.
Let us remember that the Minister of the Martial Court, Romy Rutherford, prosecuted him and his preventive detention was also ordered.
Martínez spent five days with this precautionary measure and it was on April 5 when he was finally prosecuted. But after an appeal this came to the Martial Court, who revoked this prosecution of the former commander in chief of the military institution.
Martial Court revokes prosecution against General (r) Ricardo Martínez
The Court Martial is chaired by Minister Juan Manuel Muñoz, and made up of Ministers Dobra Lusic, Paula Videla, Francisco Costa and Álvaro Castillo.
It is worth mentioning that Muñoz and Castillo voted against, who, considering the merit of their own grounds, were of the opinion to confirm the resolution on appeal.
Finally, after this resolution, Minister Rutherford requested that the International Police be notified so that it annuls the national roots that weighed on General (r) Martínez.
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Juan Carlos Manríquez, Martínez’s lawyer, assured that there was no merit or sufficient reason for Rutherford’s resolution, and that it was demonstrated that in the Martial Court the indictment was incomplete and lacking in foundation.
“There was no merit or sufficient reason to have put him in that capacity. It was demonstrated before the Court Martial that the indictment was incomplete, unfounded, in some respects contrary to the merits of the case. From that point of view, a completely unfair resolution”, accused Manríquez.
It should be remembered that Martínez resigned from the Army Commander-in-Chief on March 2 in the middle of the public account of the military entity, where he insisted on his innocence and criticized military justice.
The next day he was summoned to testify before the judge as accused, however he did not arrive and filed various appeals.
Among them, he asked to testify at his home and with the presence of his defense attorney. The truth is that none was successful, and the following month he came to testify and his preventive detention was ordered.