Alonso Ancira offered $ 2 million to stay under house arrest and avoid prison

A few hours after the resumption of the trial against the Chairman of the Council of Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), Alonso Ancira Elizondo, offered $ 2 million as collateral to continue his trial under house arrest. Likewise, he offered to submit to the placing an electronic bracelet and returning your two passports (Mexican and American) to the authorities to guarantee their stay in the country.

Both the defense and the alleged suspect, have requested this modality because of their health problems. In consultation with the legal representative. José Luis Castañeda, suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension, as well as his age, places him within the groups at risk when contracting COVID-19 in prison.

In this sense, to ensure proper follow-up of the case by the alleged perpetrator, Ancira Elizondo provided the address of two addresses in Mexico City, as well as one in Monclova Coahuila. So, in accordance with the decision of José Artemio Zuñiga, Judge of Investigation at the North Prison Federal Criminal Justice Center, one of them would serve as your compulsory residence while your legal situation is being determined.

Other way around, the Attorney General (FGR) the control judge asked for protective custody for the businessman. The authorities argued that has the financial solvency to leave the country and, probably, evade trial to which it is subject due to inconsistencies in the overpriced sale and purchase of the Agro Nitrogenados plant.

Likewise the crime of working with means of illegal origin does not deserve informal protective custody. However, before the background of Ancira, who fled the country when he learned of the investigation the FGR had launched against him, by the relevance of the case, the authorities of the prosecution they chose to ask for it.

It is worth noting that, although both characters are connected by the same thingwhen the hearing in which his allegations were announced Emilio Lozoya Austin, former director of Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) during the reign of Enrique Peña Nieto, the prosecutor’s office He chose not to request his pre-trial detention.

On the other hand, after recess ordered by the control judge for decompensation due to hypoglycemia in Ancira, upon arrival at North Prison, the defense attorney stated that he would appeal for duplication of the constitutional term. If approved, the process would take another week and the employer’s legal representatives they would have more time to present evidence in their favor.

Alonso Ancira Elizondo was arrested in May 2019 at Son Sant Joan International Airport, on the island of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. After he was identified by the national police, he was detained in accordance with a warning from the Mexican authorities through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). From then on and until yesterday, he was in custody in the Iberian country.

At 08:00 am, time in Madrid, on November 3, he was handed over to the Mexican authorities, returning in an aircraft with registration XB-NWD. Upon arrival at Mexico City International Airport, doctors assigned to the FGR assessed his health in the hangar. He was later transferred to Mexico City’s Northern Prison, where it awaits the judge’s decision.

Authorities have singled out Ancira Elizondo for the possible crime of misappropriation of public funds. The allegation stemmed from the sale of the Agro Nitrogenados plant, then owned by AHMSA, to PEMEX, when Emilio Lozoya Austin was in charge. The transaction was executed with a mark-up of 275 million pesos, while it was valued at 58 million pesos.

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