The Santa Fe Legislature approved this Wednesday the new Criminal Procedure Codewhich establishes changes that favor the authorities and the development of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police.
Jose Corralprovincial deputy of the ruling party, pointed out in dialogue with Alberto Lotuf in Always togetherby Chain 3 Rosarythat “The field was very uneven in favor of criminal gangs”. In that sense, he commented that until the law was passed, “drug crime could take a family out of their home, usurp it and sell drugs, while Justice’s hands were tied.” “It can now be recovered summarily. It is to restore the state of peace and authority,” she said.
“This law, like another that we have approved, creates the figure of the high-profile prisoner, which will allow authority to be imposed, of course with the control of the judges,” he explained. And he added: “In the face of organized crime, the State has to have more capacity to organize itself better.”
The legislator made it clear that imputative hearings were not eliminated, although the maximum detention time prior to them was extended from 72 hours to 96. “In cases of organized crime, multiple actors, etc., can be extended up to 15 days and with the authorization of the judge another 15 days,” he stated.
On the other hand, he noted that the authorization to search homes adjacent to established ones “continues to be the power of the judges” and can be given at the request of the prosecutor as soon as “things are seen to be ruled out.” “There is a lot of accumulated experience that was put into this new regulation”he stressed.
“Zafaronian theories have left the population without guarantees. High-profile prisoners are 60 out of 9,000. We are talking about less than 1 percent, but they are the leaders of the gangs that ran the home office. Those are the ones who extort. The State cannot be naive enough to let them work,” he continued. And he concluded: “This governor won with the mandate to recompose the authority. “We are not going to let up in the fight.”
