Chilean justice revokes Cathy Barriga's pretrial detention and orders his total house arrest

The Ninth Court of Guarantee of Santiago has revoked on Wednesday the pretrial detention of the former mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, and has ordered the precautionary measure of total house arrest for the psychologist and exfigure of television, who is investigated for fraud against the Treasury and forgery of public instrument. Barriga, 51 years old, remained since November 12 at the Women's Prison in San Miguel.Continue reading

The Ninth Court of Guarantee of Santiago reviewed this Wednesday's day the precautionary measures of the former mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, overturning the pretrial detention that she was serving in the San Miguel Women's Penitentiary Center.Barriga, who attended the hearing in person, is being investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office for the crime of fraud against the Treasury and forgery of public instruments in the framework of an al…

The legislator valued the ruling and accused the Public Prosecutor's Office of unfairly pursuing his wife.

This Wednesday, in the 9th Court of Guarantee of Santiago, a hearing was held to review precautionary measures requested by the defense of Cathy Barriga. Previously, lawyers Cristóbal Bonacic and José Miguel Barahona filed a friendly challenge against Judge Hugo Torres Arias, where his inability was requested. This measure, the criminalists argued, was due to the fact that “the judge not only examined the new background, but also included all th…

The former mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, will leave the prison where she is detained and will make her pretrial detention in her house with total arrest after the Ninth Court of Guarantee of Santiago will revoke the most burdensome precautionary measure that weighed against her since November 12th. In this way, Barriga will abandon [...]

On Wednesday, the review of precautionary measures was carried out for the former mayor of Maipú Cathy Barriga. After almost three hours of pleading, the Court ruled that she was totally under house arrest for the person charged with fraud against the Treasury. It was around 9:30 a.m. that the former Mekano girl arrived handcuffed to the 9th Court of Guarantee of Santiago for the hearing that finally brought her out of San Miguel prison. Accordi…