Overview
- The MPA formally charged three Seguridad Vial officers with aggravated illegal exactions and ideological falsehood at a Wednesday hearing before Judge Sergio Carraro.
- Prosecutors say motorists with expired VTV were pressed for payments, including a demand for 525,000 pesos, with victims handing over 200,000 pesos in cash and transferring 150,000 pesos to an account described to them as belonging to “the judge.”
- A second stop that morning allegedly ended with travelers paying 220,000 pesos after being told to cover a penalty pegged to 300 liters of premium fuel.
- Internal Affairs reported seizing 1,420,000 pesos and 400 U.S. dollars from a ballistic vest, plus additional cash from a wallet and a car, and investigators confiscated the officers’ phones.
- The three remain in custody as the court prepares to debate precautionary measures on Friday, while a defense lawyer argues one accused officer was assigned to alcohol checks elsewhere and had no contact with the complainants.