Former deputy director of the National Police, Jorge Berrielwas accused by Judge Matías Porciúncula for three counts of disclosure of related secrets with the delivery of confidential information to Alejandro Astesiano. The judge imposed a series of precautionary measures for 180 days while the investigation continues.
The accusation was presented by the prosecutor of Flagrancia Gabriela Fossati, who is in charge of the so-called Astesiano Case. Berriel attended the hearing with his lawyers, Juan Fagúndez and Daniel Piedra. The hearing began after 4:30 PM and focused on Berriel’s delivery of documents and confidential police information to Astesiano. These documents were found At the office of Berriel in the Executive Tower.
Fossati indicated that preventive detention was not requested because the law establishes a penalty of disqualification or a fine for this crime. He added that although there are many chat messages linking to Berriel and Astesiano, most of them are of a personal nature and only what is clear and has a criminal legal incidence will be analyzed. According to the prosecution, although it is not very common to attribute these crimesit is understood that the information coming from the SGSP (Public Safety Management System) It must be specially protected and here there was a breach of the rules.
In her speech before the judge, the prosecutor Fossati said that it has been shown that Berriel transmitted information at the request of Astesiano and that there are still specific events that are being investigated and the incidence that the former head of presidential custody may have had continues to be analyzed. He mentioned that Astesiano had received a favor from a police officer and for this reason he asked Berriel to authorize his transfer as logrolling.