Venezuela’s Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, announced Thursday the death of one of those arrested in the framework of the country’s anti-corruption operation, identified as Leoner Azuaje Urrea.
Saab has indicated that he has instructed several prosecutors to investigate »the regrettable suicide of citizen Leoner Azuaje Urrea in his place of confinement».
Likewise, he indicated that he has ordered the criminalistic unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office together with the Scientific, Criminal and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC) to carry out the technical inspection, interviews and autopsies required by law.
Azuaje Urrea was arrested this Tuesday, when the Prosecutor informed that the number of officials arrested for their alleged links to corruption schemes of the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) had risen to 80, totaling 172 raids.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
