The minister of Inside, Luis Alberto Heberreported that a dangerous drug trafficker escaped and took the opportunity to shoot against justice because, due to the delay in the adjudication of house sentencesthe criminal managed to escape since he was not wearing the electronic anklet.
Miguel Ángel Leal da Costa Porto is the name of a drug trafficker who managed escape from justice and that he was convicted in February 2022 after being arrested for trying to deliver 15 kilos of cocaine, according to Subrayado.
The offender had been sentenced to 4 years and 7 months prison that year and was currently serving a house sentence without an electronic anklet. “He had been sentenced to 4 years and 7 months in prison in 2022, but he was released 3 months later by the judge. Chamsarian”, Heber explained on his social networks.
The minister claimed that the requests for house sentence review They did not arrive in time for justice. “We asked that these house sentences be analyzed quickly, but they did not arrive in time, he left,” he lamented, adding that “the veracity of the documentation presented to obtain the benefit of house arrest” is currently being investigated.
On the other hand, the leader regretted the lack of commitment regarding the fight against drug trafficking. “It is very discouraging to see the lack of commitment in the fight against drug trafficking. “Many resources, listening and monitoring to present compelling evidence to the court, so that house arrest WITHOUT ANKLE BRACE is then determined,” he remarked. “It is not a lack of prudence. It is not invading powers. Is indignation. “We are not going to give up,” he concluded.
The government’s agreement with the United States
At the beginning of August, the Uruguayan government had a meeting with authorities of the National Customs Directorate (DNA) with officials from the US Department of Security, to continue working on an agreement that allows collaboration between both countries to control drug trafficking and intellectual property crimes, two of the largest border problems and customs.
Present at the meeting were the national director of Customs, Jaime Borgiani; the Risk Control and Management manager, Jorge Marenales; the coach of UNODC-WCO Container Control Program in charge for Latin America, César Schiaffino; and the officials of the Department of Homeland Security, David Villegas, Daniel Siazon and Juliet Wober.
In this regard, Borgiani pointed out that the Port of Montevideo It is a terminal with a lot of movement in terms of containers, so “technical staff and training are always needed.”
In this sense, the leader maintained that based on the definition of logistics port, receives a lot of traffic from the region and consequently what comes through the waterway, which is one of the most important activities today. Borgiani added that, given this, it is very important have fluid information before the arrival of the cargo; and he admitted that while “we have had good results, it is never enough.”
Source: Ambito
