Raphy Pina, Daddy Yankee’s manager, told Efe on Tuesday that he was “awaiting” a federal judge’s decision to change the conditions for a criminal case and to be allowed to travel to the Dominican Republic for the birth of his daughter. Natti Natasha.
“I am waiting for the judge to make his decision calmly, doing things as they are and following the guidelines,” Pina said in an interview with Efe, pending the decision of Judge Francisco Besosa of the Federal Court in San Juan.
The indictment against Pina, who is also the manager of his fiancée, relates to an April 1, 2020 FBI raid on a property of the music producer in Caguas, a municipality near San Juan.
The indictment states that Pina had pistols, rifles, rifles and ammunition for them, including a Glock model 19, caliber 9 mm and a Smith and Wesson pistol, model SD40, caliber .40 and ammunition.
In turn, he details that the Glock pistol, model 19, was manipulated to fire more than one shot without reloading it manually.
If convicted, Pina could face up to ten years in prison.
According to a member of Pina’s work team, he had not lived in the house for almost nine months, so he was not present at the time of the procedure.
Besosa’s decision will now be based on a request that Pina proposed on April 13 through her lawyers María Domínguez, Javier Micheo and Manuel Franco.
In this petition, the music producer’s legal representatives are calling for a change in the travel restrictions imposed on him as part of his $ 1 million bond to allow him to travel to the Dominican Republic for the delivery that is anticipated for May 28.
This date coincides with the death of Pina’s father of the same name.
This request from Pina would be to travel between April 23 and June 3 to the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, where the delivery will take place.
Pina’s lawyers further claim that their client was already allowed to use his boat in the waters off Puerto Rico and near the city of Miami (USA), the two places where his movements are restricted as part of the guarantee.
However, for this, Pina must use a nautical tracker so that the federal authorities know when she is using her boat and where she is going.
However, prosecutor María Montañez responded to a request from Pina and her lawyers by assuring that the businessman, the owner of Pina Records, has the comfort of “escaping” his responsibilities with the federal court and traveling to the Dominican Republic and that he be witnessing the birth of your daughter in another country is not valid enough.
“The defendant’s decision to deliver his child to a foreign country is not a valid reason to change the initial bail conditions and is considered necessary to ensure that the defendant appears in future proceedings and for the safety of the community,” he argued. Montañez.
“Not even the birth of a fourth child is a circumstance that should allow defendant Pina, convicted of a federal crime, who is now accused of illegally possessing two weapons and more than 500 rounds of ammunition, to leave the jurisdiction To the United States and go to a foreign country, “he added.