The Devil's Excrement

–In a case of good news bad news, Linda Loaiza finally got some justice,
where her tormenter, torturer and rapist received a jail sentence of six years
in prison. For once the Prosecutor’s
office did their job at least partially. However, it is quite difficult to
understand the sentence. How can Luis Carrera have kept her in the apartment,
disfigured her and have been found guilty of disfiguring her, but innocent of
raping her or of attempted murder? Did the judge really think Carrera kept her captive
just to disfigure her face and her body without taking advantage of it? In
fact, the Prosecutor’s office presented the whole accusation as a package; there
was evidence that she was repeatedly raped. The Prosecutor’s office will appeal
the decision, but it has been too long a journey for Loaiza and unfortunately,
she has only received partial Justice.

–In another case of good news, bad news, The National Assembly found 19
people were involved in the corruption case
of the Sugar Plant in Barinas
State. According to the conclusions a total of Bs.
1.3 billion (US$ 604,000) was ripped off in this case and yesterdaysome of them,
including Chavez’ fiend, General Gomez Parra, were detained. This is good, however there are
as many unanswered questions today as the day when the investigation began:

1) Are we to supposed to believe that US$ 277 million was spent on the plant
and all that has been completed is the cleaning of the land and some piloting as shown in a picture earlier?

2) Why didn’t Chavez say he was getting rid of Minister Albarran because he was
involved in the case and why has he been so silent on this case? If Chavez applied himslef to fighting corruption the way he does for other non-issues he could easily scare a lot of people and reduce corruption, but he rarely says anything about it.

3) Why was the case stopped and who ordered it stopped when the Government,
including the comptroller and Chavez himself, first learned about the case a
year and half ago?

4) Why were two bank employees jailed first a few days
ago and why are people in Chavez’ hometown rioting over those detentions?

My personal belief is that once this case exploded, the Government decided
to make a showcase out of it to be able to say that they are fighting
corruption. Let’s see if these guys do go to jail eventually.

This entry was posted on March 12, 2006 at 8:07 pm and is filed under Venezuela.