The former president’s lawyer, Silvina Carreira, submitted a document to the prosecutor’s office where she attached official photos during the period in which the former first lady claims to have been beaten.
As the investigation against Alberto Fernandez for the complaint of gender violence of Fabiola Yanezthe former president’s defense submitted a brief to the prosecution to ask for 11 test measures and attach images of official activities of the former prime minister lady during the period in which she alleges she was beaten.
Fernandez’s representative, Silvina Carreira, also provided information on the agenda of official activities that Yañez had during those daysin June 2021, and which he would have fulfilled without problems, according to judicial sources reported to the Noticias Argentinas agency.
For example, one of the images presented to prosecutor Ramiro González corresponds to the participation of the former first lady on June 30, 2021 in Olivos during the UN Public Forum on Genderwhere according to the former president’s defense, “you can see the Yañez is in good health, with no bruises on her face“.
In turn, among the evidence measures that the defense arranged, it requests reports from the General Secretariat of the Presidency, dependent on the Executive Branch, on the trip of Yañez to Misiones on June 23, 2021and another to the Governor of that province for find out if the then first lady used an official helicopter to go from Iguazú to Posadas. If the answer is yes, Carreira asked that the “list of passengers, pilots, takeoff time, landing time and location” be provided.
In addition, the defense asked the prosecution to request information from the Military House about “the custodians assigned” to Yáñez and “specifically who were the Agents who accompanied the eventual trip dated 6/23/2021” to Missions.
The prosecutor’s office was also asked to issue a letter to the Presidential Photography Office to send all photos and videos “existing in its records of Yáñez between the period 6/18/2021 to 7/1/2021.”
Another request to the prosecution is that “the General Secretary of the Presidency of the Nation be requested to All those attending the tribute to those who died from COVID on June 27, 2021“.
The investigation against Alberto Fernández advances: who will be the next witnesses to testify?
As for the progress of the investigation of the case, it is expected that this Friday a sister of Yañez, Tamara Yañez, will testify as a witness, who will arrive in the country from Spain that same day to appear at the prosecutor’s office in Comodoro Py 2002.
However, Fernández’s lawyer asked that there be no hearings on that day due to her schedule. Therefore, it is not yet decided whether the statement will actually take place or whether the date will be changed.
On Thursday, Fabiola’s former friend Sofia Pachi was also scheduled to testify as a witness. but requested a postponement for health reasons and a new date will be set.
Source: Ambito
