Judge Pedro Laynez scheduled a hearing to comply with the provisions of the First Chamber of the Court of Appeals and will issue a new resolution in the Case of Floridalma Roque. The audience was set for June 5.
On May 13, the aforementioned Chamber revoked the benefit of acceptance of charges granted to the surgeon Kevin Malouf and ordered the Fourth Court to issue a new resolution.
On November 20, 2024, Malouf, indicated by the death of Floridalma Roque, was benefited from the change of crime to guilty homicide.
Prosecutor Edgar Gómez explained in May 2025 that the Chamber warned that, having not considered the circumstances of the case, the fourth judge incurred a grievance of constitutional relevance, so the protection was granted.
With the resolved, the judge is ordered to again analyze the circumstances imputed in the intermediate stage hearing, especially in relation to the criminal types of homicide and homicide.
He added on that occasion that, now, the judge has a deadline to issue a new resolution, that is, repeat that intermediate stage hearing.
He clarified that this sentence does not force the judge to change his criteria, but only to analyze each of the points of the case.
Malouf’s capture was recorded on July 28, 2023, a syndicated of having participated in the disappearance of Floridalma Roque.
The 59 -year -old victim was reported as disappeared on June 13 of the same year, after having attended an aesthetic procedure with the Malouf doctor in Guatemala City.
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His whereabouts was unknown for several months, until in July 2024 the Public Ministry established that remains found in San Vicente Pacaya, Escuintla, belonged to the patient.