Villamonte's Lawyer Requests Bail
The lawyer Guillermina McDonald asked today for bail for her client, the former Director of the Office of Land Titling, Anabele Villamonte, who is under arrest after the Attorney General Jose Ayú Prado formally charged her with environmental crimes in the Juan Hombrón land scandal. McDonald filed the appeal while prosecutors questioned Villamonte for alleged environmental crimes. McDonald spoke to the press during a recess (break) in the questioning of her client, which might not conclude today because the file is very large, with more than 50 questions, the lawyer said. McDonald said Villamonte is being questioned about the fourteen companies she created and that are owned by the fishermen, in order to get the land in Juan Hombron, province of Cocle. However, McDonald stressed that everything was done according to the law that was in force at the time. (TVN)
