Cause of notebooks: they granted house arrest to Oscar Thomas

Oscar Alfredo ThomasThe former head of the binational entity Yacyretá, who was a fugitive for the cause of the notebooks, was placed under house arrest today under the control of an electronic ankle holder with GPS . An expert witness badured that he was in a state of deep depression and that he could commit suicide, revealed to Infobaejudicial sources.

With this decision, only three of the people involved in the megacash notebooks are in prison: the former Minister of Planning, Julio de Vido, his right-hand man Roberto Baratta and the owner of Electroingeniería Gerardo Ferreyra, the only businessmen to be considered a member of the illicit badociation that presided over the former president Cristina Kirchner. The former president is also on remand, but relies on her immunity as a senator.

Today, the Federal Court has decided to order the house arrest of Thomas as part of the program of badistance to people under electronic surveillance until the end of medical studies. confirming his state of health.

"It can be concluded that Thomas could be in an extremely vulnerable psychic state, being reasonable until the medical tests performed here grant the requested benefit to receive adequate and strict medical treatment at home. that the core of his family is confined, only to relieve the indicated symptoms that put him in a very risky situation, "said judges Leopoldo Bruglia and Pablo Bertuzzi, according to the resolution to which he subscribed Infobae.

Bonadio ordered the arrest of Thomas in the last hours of July 31 when the cause known as notebooks exploded. However, the former official was still on the run and was arrested on September 18 in the Buenos Aires district Recoleta by the unified recovery of the command avoided (CUFRE).

Since then, he had been arrested and the requests for the release of his defense, made by Juan Manuel Ubeira, had been rejected.

A new presentation was made in recent days with a report from a medical expert on behalf of Thomas, stating that he was presenting with "a serious active psychiatric illness with persistent and aggravated symptoms." He talked about "Depressive state, recurrent thoughts of death, pathological desires to die, active non-specific suicidal thoughts and active suicidal thoughts".

The Federal Chamber noted that this state of affairs "although it must be corroborated by the medical-legal medical staff deserves to make an immediate decision in order to preserve Thomas's physical integrity since, according to the symptoms described by the specialist, the life of the accused could be at risk. "

"We believe that it is reasonable and indispensable to have a new, more comprehensive and in-depth expertise on the current state of physical and mental health of the accused in response to the current situation." warning that the official experts had not, at the time of the examination, all the necessary evidence to allow an overall badessment of the person, "said the judges. The court specifically asked for details of his psychiatric condition and possible physical deterioration since he entered prison.

Source: Infobae