Source: La Tribuna

A Judicial Judge from the Criminal Court of Tegucigalpa, today, ordered the suspension of the precautionary measures ordered to the representatives of Dimesa, Schucry Kafie Larach and Juan Alberto Madrid Casaca.

The defendant’s attorney, Tito Hernández, stated at the hearing of revision of measures that, “The judge has agreed to suspend the measures imposed to my clients under the condition to pay bail for an exorbitant amount.”

However, he declared that, “We will submit this as additional evidence to prove that my clients have always acted in accordance to the law and they have the right to lawfully defend themselves without incarceration.”

It has been quite shocking for the defendants to be accused of fraud considering that the IHSS terminated the contract that has generated such controversy, causing possible economic damages against the company, and after all, the equipment was left under the IHSS’s care.

Dimesa declares that the project manager, Mauricio Bueso, “Has fully complied with and provided maintenance to all the biometric equipment until the date of the unilateral termination of the contract was stated.”

In addition to this, there were still others being accused such as Edgardo Quiroz Moreno, Mario Zelaya, and Jose Ramon Bertetti, the latter one benefitted from the measures, but the other two continue under imprisonment in the First Infantry Battalion.

DIMESA’s STATEMENT

DIMESA reports that the First for Criminal Matters of Francisco Morazán determined that their representatives, Schucry Kafie and Juan Alberto Madrid, will defend themselves without incarceration due to precautionary measures. To all the Honduran people, we communicate the following:

1. It is required to pay bail for an exorbitant amount of money. However, we will do all what it takes to comply with such as a way to demonstrate that our people and company have always abided the law and with this they may enjoy the right to defend themselves in freedom.
2. In Honduras, during the great majority of the alleged scam accusation cases the law allows the accused to defend themselves without incarceration due to precautionary measures particularly when compelling evidence has been presented to demonstrate their deep connection to the country and such has been accredited at the Criminal Court.
3. We have all the evidence that supports the actions around the contract signed between DIMESA and the Instituto Hondureño de Seguridad Social (IHSS) which have always been consistent with the law and focused on the Honduran people’s health. This contract was approved by legal and governmental organizations thus demonstrating the transparency of the competitive international bidding process which was previously carried out.
4. We wish to emphasize that DIMESA complied in full the contract with IHSS providing and maintaining 100% of the biomedical equipment until the date of the termination of the contract on January 31 of this year.

We hope that this will be the beginning of an unbiased process to clarify the innocence of our representatives and the company. We reiterate our commitment to contribute in a transparent legal process that guarantees such and focuses on the facts and truth.