“This is Achilles, look at him there!”, “Daddy, we’re here Daddy”they exclaimed with watery eyes familiar to Aquiles Cristofer Sánchez when they saw him coming out of the court where he appealed for freedom.
Anxiety appeared in the eyes of his relatives, who they tried to get their heads out of the crowd of journalists and cameramen who pushed to capture the moment when the defendants in the Anti Pulpo case were taken to the vehicle that will take them back to Najayo prison.
Cristofer Sánchez, former Director of Supervision of the Bureau of State Engineers (Oisoe), was accused by the Public Ministry of being part of the alleged corruption network led by Juan Alexis Medina during the administration of his brother, the former President of the Republic Danilo Medina in the periods 2012-2016 and 2016-2020.
“Aquileo, here we are. We love you, we love you Achilles “, were the words of encouragement of a woman waving her hands trying to get the attention of the accused who returned the greeting from a distance when she was escorted by the High Risk Transfer Unit (Utar).
While waiting, one of his relatives told reporters Listin Diario that This was their chance to see him because they could not visit him in the prison where he has been held since December last year.
“You’re weak! “The young man who watched Cristofer Sánchez with his eyes as he left the Old Palace of Justice in the Centro de los Héroes expressed his surprise.
Other relatives and relatives were waiting impatiently for the other five defendants who tried to overturn the pre-trial detention measure imposed by Judge José Alejandro Vargas.
The court heard the appeal
This Wednesday, the court of the Second Criminal Chamber of the National District Court of Appeal heard the court appeal filed by the defendants in Operation Antipulpo with which They seek the revocation of pre-trial detention issued against them.
The defendants listed in court are Alexis Medina, Francisco Pagán, Aquiles Alejandro Cristofer Sánchez, Julián Esteban Suriel Suazo, Fernando Rosa Rosa and José Dolores Santana.
The Public Ministry, through its director general of persecution Yeni Berenice Reynoso, asked the court to combine the resources in a single case.
However, Pagán and Rosa Rosa’s lawyers opposed the request, arguing that it was a matter of “particular cases” and that the appeals were filed separately.
The appeal was postponed on Wednesday
After deliberating on Berenice Reynoso’s petition, the court headed by Judge Julio César Canó Alfau ruled postpones the meeting to next Wednesday at 9:00 am to give the parliamentarian the opportunity to study all appeals.