courts Palm they can’t find Ricardo MartinelliPanama’s former president has been accused of using a group of civilian guards. Majorca for control all your movements on your ex-partner’s island for weeks. According to sources familiar with the judicial process, after a year of unsuccessful efforts to locate the applicant and summon him to testify while he was being investigated, the prosecutor’s office requested that he be prosecuted provisionally. This is how the case for the four agents and the ringleader of the conspiracy will continue, awaiting its reopening against Martinelli in the future. Meanwhile, the Central American politician is currently focused on the preliminary campaign for the 2024 presidential election in his country.
This The investigation was initially undertaken by the Court of Inquiry No. 2 in Palma.In March 2022, he accused Martinelli, four Civil Guard agents, the leader of the group, and five others of criminal organization, disclosure of secrets, and harassment. At that time, Martinelli’s whereabouts had not been officially determined. The case was referred to a court for violence against women weeks later due to the relationship between the Panamanian politician and the complainant. The efforts of this judicial body did not make it possible to find an address to report the charges against the former Panamanian president.
About a year later, the prosecution took action to expedite the case. The public ministry is requesting the temporary archiving of the procedure against Martinelli. Thus, the case will return to the investigating court, which must decide whether the rest of those investigated should be sent to court.
Investigations by the Internal Affairs of the Civil Guard revealed that the agents investigated carried out numerous surveillance and surveillance of the politician’s former partner in Mallorca during the summer of 2020. The guards, who form a kind of parapolis group in their spare time, report all the movements of the woman to Martinelli in their WhatsApp conversations, report her location within minutes and send photos of the victim. The woman even pointed out that her cell phone was tapped with Pegasus.