Norma Abate de Mazzuchelli, the judge accused of asking for million-dollar bribes in La Rioja, was charged after analyzing the testimony and the video that the complainant presented against her, as confirmed this Friday by the provincial prosecutor Luis González Aguirre. The news became known after the Superior Court of Justice of La Rioja rejected the magistrate’s resignation.
For the prosecution, “the behavior that the judge faces is having requested a contribution abusing the exercise of their duties“, González Aguirre mentioned to TN.
“There is a principle of evidence provided by the complainant, in audio and video format that supports what she stated. These circumstances, analyzed by the prosecution, determined sufficient elements for the investigating judge to investigate the case,” the prosecutor added.
According to him, the penalty for this crime is one to four years in prison.
In this context, Abate de Mazzuchelli is accused of the crime framed in article 266 of the Penal Code, which establishes that “a public official who, abusing his position, requests, demands or causes to be paid or improperly delivered, by himself or through an intermediary, a contribution, a right or a gift or collects greater rights than those that correspond.
The investigator mentioned that they had already analyzed the statements and that “it can be seen that there is a precise and consistent story.” This is why the prosecutor’s office “requested protective measures to safeguard the physical and mental health of the complainant.”
Video: Norma Abate de Mazzucchelli, the judge accused of asking for a bribe
The complaint to the judge is for a request for bribes for $8,000,000
The renowned Rioja judge Norma Abate de Mazzucchelli was denounced by a merchant who said that she asked her for $8,000,000 to expedite the succession file.
The case was left in the hands of the prosecutor Luis González Aguirre, who charged the chambermaid with illegal exaction (article 266 of the Penal Code), which punishes the “public official” with a sentence of 1 to 4 years in prison and special disqualification of 1 to 5 years. who, abusing his position, improperly requests, demands or causes to be paid or delivered, by himself or through an intermediary, a contribution, a right or a gift or collects greater rights than those that correspond.”
However, Abate still has the privileges that his position in the Judiciary gives him. Following the accusation, the TSJ began disciplinary proceedings.
“I don’t know that,” was the defense that Abate de Mazucchelli rehearsed when she was approached by one of the Telenoche journalists who made the report that shook the Rioja Justice Department.
