The pre-trial requests against the Semilla Movement binomial will continue their course, after the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ), rejected the challenge that the members of that political group raised to prevent magistrate Carlos Humberto Rivera Carrillo from hearing the request to withdraw the immunity of President Bernardo Arévalo and the vice president, Karin Herrera.
The process has been stopped since November 2023 in the CSJ, due to to the legal actions presented by the political party’s team of lawyers.
Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera are accused of the crimes of aggravated usurpation, depredation of cultural property and sedition, each of the charges in a continuous manner.. According to the Public Ministry (MP) they had interference in the takeover of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC)so they requested that their immunity be lifted.
Against magistrate
Representative Andrea Reyes, a lawyer for Movimiento Semilla, indicated that the CSJ rejected the challenge they raised against Judge Carlos Humberto Rivera Carrillo for the publications he made on social networks. in favor of the Anti-Terrorism Foundation.
In the social network for investigating the judges of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, for the alleged overvalued purchase of a system that was used to count votes in the last elections.
It also expresses its consent with the investigations that the MP develops. against the Semilla party, which brought Bernardo Arévalo to the presidency.
The case
On November 16, the MP requested the withdrawal of pretrial rights from Bernardo Arévalo and Karin Herrera, president and vice president-elect, by stating that together with other officials they would have committed crimes in the case of the USAC takeover.
According to the investigating entity, Arévalo and Herrera were involved in the seizure of the facilities of the University of San Carlos (Usac), where prosecutors indicate that crimes were committed.
The alleged crimes are the continuous depredation of cultural property, illicit association and influence peddling.
According to the MP’s investigations, the history of the case dates back to May 19, 2022, when was the “violent” takeover of the University, which ended in June 2023.
Within these facts, according to the investigating entity, a countless number of publications were verified on social networks in which there is agreement and logical coherence of the illegal actions committed by those indicated, since according to the investigation, These people interacted with each other in the takeover of the Usac.
The prosecutors indicated that on August 4, the presence of deputy Aldo Iván Dávila Morales and deputy Carlos Alberto Barreda Taracena was found on the central campus; besides, A video from that date uploaded to YouTube is in the investigation and Karin Herrera appears.
The MP stated that during the takeover of the Usac, more important political actors emerged, among them the elected president Bernardo Arévalo de León, who, through social networks and other social networks, demonstrated in favor of the takeover of the university.
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