US EditionFormer Judge Walter Bento Was Convicted: Mendoza's Tof Declared Him Head of an Illegal Association
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The former federal judge was sentenced for being the head of an illegal association; in the next few days the formal sentence to be served in prison, which could go from 12 to 15 years; he also sentenced his wife and one of his children
The former judge was found responsible for turning court decisions into an illegal source of income. The court noted him as head of an active criminal structure since 2007. Read more
Date: September 24, 2020.Origin: Dirección de Lucha contra el Narcotrafico de la Policía de Mendoza.Objetivo: elevación de Preventivo.Detinatario: Procuraduría Federal de Mendoza No 2. This is how the report was presented that, more than five and a half years later, ended with the confirmation that former judge Walter Ricardo Bento was the head of a gang of criminals who was engaged in collecting coimas in exchange for procedural benefits. “Sale…
This was decided unanimously by the Federal Court of Mendoza. For the justice system it was proved that he received money in exchange for judicial favors from smugglers and drug traffickers. Bento is detained in the prison of Cacheuta, in the Cordillera de los Andes. On Wednesday the sentence will be known. Former federal judge Walter Bento was convicted on Tuesday as the head of an illegal association that received money in exchange for judicia…
This decision was made after almost two years of oral debate.The sentence will be defined in a cassura trial, which is scheduled for the next few days.The entry The former judge Walter Bento was convicted for collecting coimas in Mendoza was first published in #BorderPeriodismo.
Former federal judge Walter Bento was found guilty of leading an illegal association that charged prisoners with federal causes, millions of coimas in exchange for “profavors of litigation.” In the next few days, it will be known what penalty the former magistrate should pay in the light of the multiple cases for which he was found responsible. Thus, he reached the end of a process that lasted for more than 5 years and meant the fall of one of t…
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