2024-04-04 17:38:37
According to what was announced, in addition to the mayor of Recoleta, seven other people would also be charged.
The North Central Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office asked to formalize the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jaduefor the crimes of bribery, unfair administration, treasury fraud and fraud.
This was decided by prosecutor Giovanna Herrera, who is leading the investigations into the acquisition of supplies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic carried out by the Chilean Association of Municipalities with Popular Pharmacies (Achifarp).
To the announced judicial action that the aforementioned prosecutor’s office will take The State Defense Council (CDE) would also join as a plaintiffas reported by La Tercera.
According to what was specified by the media, in addition to Mayor Daniel Jadue Seven other people will also be charged.
In statements he gave to CNN last week, the president of the CDE, Raúl Letelier, stated that there have been “We have been observing the commission of some type of illicit figures and that allows us to see that it is a case that will surely have new developments in the short term.“.
The complaint against Daniel Jadue
The imminent formalization of the mayor of Recoleta is linked to the complaint filed in 2022 by the Best Quality company, which accused Achifarp of a million-dollar scamfor which it was a mask supplier during the pandemic.
During the investigation of the case, the North Central Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office detected that Daniel Jadue, in his role as president of the defunct entity, would have requested “donations” to complete the million-dollar acquisition of the company.
Since July 2023, the Prosecutor’s Office gave indications of an eventual formalization of the communal chief of Recoleta, but the emergence of new antecedents led the pursuing entity will postpone until April to finalize the measure.