Arriaza Chicas came to the public with great anticipation. One of the prosecutors in the case reported, before the proceedings were initiated, that they requested that the officer be treated with alternative measures of provisional arrest.
The first hearing against the general director of the National Civil Police (PNC), Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, took place on Tuesday. The zeal started after 10 in the morning.
In the afternoon, the Fifth Justice of the Peace of San Salvador has determined that it will pronounce the resolution tomorrow, Wednesday at 2 p.m.
The judicial officer is being prosecuted for the offense of dereliction of duty, according to the charge made by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) for failing to comply with the order to bring the Treasury Secretary, Alejandro Zelaya, to the Legislative Assembly, before the special commission that is investigating the use of public funds during the COVID-19 emergency.
SEE: The police director will be heard for the first time this Tuesday for dereliction of duty
The Assembly also told the Attorney General’s Office that the director of police had failed to comply with the legislature’s notice to forcibly remove Minister Zelaya.
One of the prosecutors in the case reported, before the proceedings were initiated, that they requested that the officer be treated with alternative measures of provisional arrest.
For his part, the defendant said that he respected the work of the judicial system and was confident that it would come out with a good result, if not at this stage of the trial, or at the next.
Last week, while reporting the crime against him, Arriaza Chicas added “that he has done nothing wrong”, and that the charge comes for “failing to carry out illegal orders not subject to legal formalities,” as he said. said in short. statements in the judicial center of Isidro Menéndez.
This is the second legal proceeding facing Arriaza Chicas. In the late 1990s, he was prosecuted for the crime of procedural fraud, after being charged with implanting evidence (an AK-47 rifle) in legal proceedings for which he was legally discharged.
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