District 3 Investigating Prosecutor Guillermo González ordered pretrial detention for Maximiliano Gabriel Ochoa Roldán, former general director of the Caminera Police of Córdoba.
He is accused of leading a criminal organization that operated with the collaboration of police officers, lawyers, and close civilians, and that used confidential information.
The investigative operation included searches in police facilities and in various municipalities in search of evidence to support the charges.
Shock over corruption in Córdoba Police
The case caused shock within the province and exposed fissures in the institutional core.
The scandal also reached his inner circle: his brother, Gastón Ochoa Roldán, was also arrested, on suspicion of participating in cover-up maneuvers and misappropriation.
El caso de la Policía Caminera generó conmoción dentro de la provincia y expuso fisuras en el núcleo institucional.
Judicial sources state that investigations are ongoing and further measures against other high-ranking individuals involved are not ruled out.
Amid the political and institutional turmoil, provincial officials are expected to provide public explanations in the coming days.
El caso de la Policía Caminera generó conmoción dentro de la provincia y expuso fisuras en el núcleo institucional.
Individuals involved in the police scandal
There are other individuals involved in this case:
Gabriel Élido Burkhard (civilian): Accused of illicit association as organizer, illicit enrichment through the use of confidential information and data for profit (repeated necessary participant), coercion, and extortion.
Martín Darío Heredia (police officer): Member of the illicit association, cover-up by omission of report and aggravated cover-up due to public official status (repeated), illicit enrichment through the use of confidential information and data for profit, and co-author of embezzlement of services.
Leonardo Javier Torres (police officer): Accused of illicit association as a member.
Jorge Alberto Gutiérrez (police officer): Member of the illicit association, co-author of embezzlement of service (repeated), and co-author of extortion.
Gastón Miguel Ochoa Roldán (civilian): Member of the illicit association.
Finally, Dante Gabriel Villalba (police officer), charged as the alleged perpetrator of illicit association (member), embezzlement of services, and coercion, was released on a real bail of $20,000,000, among other conditions.
