Prosecutor extends charges against Cerimedo: usurpation of functions and money laundering in La Paz
Argentine adviser Fernando Cerimedo was transferred to Chonchocoro and faces new charges. The investigation expands to include usurpation of functions and money laundering.
New charges against Cerimedo whilst serving detention in La Paz prison
The Public Ministry expanded the criminal investigation against Fernando Cerimedo, former Argentine presidential adviser, for usurpation of functions, money laundering and other offences, according to El Deber.
"The investigation has been expanded to include other criminal matters, including usurpation of functions, money laundering and others," declared the state prosecutor general, Roger Mariaca. The initial process, opened at the La Paz Public Prosecutor's Office, was established for illicit enrichment, the charge for which Cerimedo was already in preventive detention.
The consultant was transferred on Tuesday from Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz to the maximum security prison of Chonchocoro in La Paz. Upon arrival, he went to the infirmary to undergo routine medical checks and will remain in isolation for seven days. His solicitor accessed the facility to meet with him.
Cerimedo had been remanded in Palmasola on 21 August, when a preventive detention order of 180 days was issued for the attempted femicide of Nadia Beller, with whom he maintained a romantic relationship. On 29 August, a second ruling determined his transfer to Chonchocoro for the alleged illicit enrichment, with a new preventive detention order of six months.
Source: El Deber