Through a two-page statement, Mario Fernandez Alcocer, cousin of former first lady Verónica Alcocer, He has just confirmed that he gave power to lawyer Inocencio Meléndez to represent him after Eva Ferrer’s accusations against him.
In the document, signed by Meléndez, they begin by ensuring that no person can be considered guilty due to their relationship or proximity to a public figure.
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The airplane video
Former president Gustavo Petro, Mario Fernández Alcocer, and former first lady, Verónica Alcocer. Photo:Private file
Fernández Alcocer’s defense also assures that regarding the official flight of January 31, 2023, which according to Ferrer Verónica Alcocer came down with suitcases full of money, they have a video that they are willing to contribute.
“Faced with the story about alleged gray suitcases with money or illicit substances, the defense has audiovisual material that, according to its preliminary examination, shows the then first lady descending from the aircraft with her hands free“reads the statement.
And they add: “Its authenticity, integrity, date and scope will be technically verified. Security protocols, passenger manifests, airport records and relevant testimonies will also be compared. “The existence, content and destination of the alleged claims cannot be proven by means of uncorroborated statements.”
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‘I have never been to Venezuela’
Mario Fernández Alcocer, cousin of the first lady, Verónica Alcocer. Photo:CEET Photographer: Milton Díaz
And regarding the alleged income of part of the 2.5 million dollars that Alcocer would have brought from Caracas and would have ended up in his campaign for the governorship of Sucre, they say: “Our client maintains that on January 31, 2023 he was not campaigning nor had he decided to run for the Governor of Sucre; according to his information, that decision was adopted in June 2023. Any hypothesis that relates that flight to alleged electoral financing must be supported by objective, documentary and financial elements, without converting inferences into proven facts.”
Fernández Alcocer’s defense also points out that the deputy “he has never traveled to Venezuela, on commercial, private or official flights, and has not traveled on the aforementioned official aircraft either. The defense will seek to contrast these statements with immigration, aeronautical records and other legally accessible documents.”
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