This May 14, a Court declared without a new request for review of coercive measures presented by former vice president Roxana Baldetti.
Through his lawyer, Baldetti argued health problems so that substitute measures were granted; However, the High Risk Court C declared the request inadmissible.
This time, the former official did not appear in court due to health problems. Instead, it was represented by his lawyer Melkin Escobar.
It is the second time that the Court rejects Baldetti’s request, since the first was on March 31, 2025.
said court convicted the former vice president in 2018, for the case known as “magic water”, to 15 years and six months in prison.
In that case, the former vice president had proposed a supposed formula to clean the water of Lake Amatitlán.
Since then, Baldetti has sought to be released from prison and undergo the use of a telematic monitoring bracelet. to serve the sentence under house arrest.