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A Chiquimula Court scheduled the intermediate stage hearing and review of measures to coerc the suspects of the crime of Melisa Palacios, and the Criminal Chamber does not know the request for transfer of the case to a court of greater risk.
The body of the 21 -year -old, Melisa Palacios, was found on July 5, 2021 in Río Hondo, Zacapa. (PHOTO FREE PRESS: PL hemeroteca).
A Chiquimula Court He has scheduled the intermediate stage audience and review of coercion measures of Fernanda Bonilla and Luis Marroquín, suspects of the crime of Melisa Palacios.
The Court of First Criminal Instance and Narcoactivity of Chiquimula scheduled the hearing for June 9. However, Edgar Gómez, prosecutor for femicide of the MP, indicated that the criminal chamber It does not yet resolve the application for transfer of the case to a court of greater risk, in the capital city.
In the notification of the Court it is also mentioned that rejected the request of the penitentiary system For Fernando Bonilla appear for videoconference for security issues.
The Palacios family issued its position later And he said that the Court’s decision contradicts the resolution of the CSJ, which ordered the criminal chamber Develop the hearing to analyze the transfer of the case to a court of greater risk.
“We hope that the criminal chamber, in the brevity possible, can know about the case and to analyze the possibility, according to the circumstances, of the immediate transfer of the case to a court of greater risk and limit any possibility of bad legal practice“The victim’s family said.
Court of Chiquimula Program Intermediate Stage Audience and Review of Coercion Measures by Fernanda Bonilla and Luis Marroquín Suspicious Crime of Melisa Palacios. Criminal Chamber even without knowing request for the highest risk case.@Guatevision_tv @prensa_libre pic.twitter.com/hw32phxbem
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