Miguel Estuardo Barrios Martínez is the colonel who final week filed an injunction in opposition to President Bernardo Arévalo for not assembly the necessities for promotions to the positions of Brigadier Common. He’s at the moment commander of the Alta Verapaz Navy Reserves, and is within the strategy of assuming the brand new designation.
Barrios Martínez has held varied positions throughout the Military. Throughout the federal government of Otto Pérez Molina he was appointed to the Intelligence Directorate of the Common Employees, then he turned a logistics officer on the Middle for Consideration to the Disabled of the Guatemalan Military (Cadeg). Later he was head of the Monetary Division on the Navy Medical Middle (CMM).
About two months in the past he was appointed as deputy navy attaché in Nicaragua, as confirmed by some navy sources. The method earlier than the Nicaraguan authorities takes roughly 4 months.
In 2022, whereas he was in control of CMM’s funds, it was revealed that the entity was buying medicines at as much as a 500 % markup. Between 4 corporations, the CMM spent greater than Q839 thousand. Some medicines have been even bought at a better worth than what may be obtained at retail in a business pharmacy.
The businesses that benefited on this context have been Grupo Málaga, Lavsa SA and Medistetic. As well as, extra medicines have been additionally bought than required. No less than 30 medicines have been bought in extra of what the Pharmacy Division wanted.
The verbal instruction was that the medicines be obtained, regardless of the chance it entailed because of the risk that they could expire. Colonel Barrios Martínez mentioned on that event that typically bigger purchases have been made and he dominated out that there was a threat of expiration.
When he was within the Cadeg, some images of him have been made public alongside former deputy Julio Lainfiesta, who got here to the chamber with the Unión del Cambio Nacional (UCN) celebration.
The colonel offered the authorized attraction to keep away from the subsequent promotions by his lawyer, Aarón Kadoch Juárez, an officer on go away. Each are from promotions 122 and 123, respectively. The safety seeks to cease promotions to Brigadier Common which might be anticipated to occur on Might 25, arguing that elementary and constitutional rights are violated.
Navy sources verify that Colonel Barrios Martínez is working a bunch of far-right navy personnel. As a result of Alejandro Giammattei’s authorities additionally noticed the promotion of the Vice Minister of the Navy, Eddy Santiago Chinchilla Archila, who nonetheless stays in workplace and at the moment no authorized attraction was filed on this regard.
An try was made to acquire a place from the colonel by way of phone name, nevertheless it was reduce off when this Editorial Workforce recognized itself. Subsequently, the questions have been despatched by prompt messaging with out receiving any place on the matter.
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