CARACAS, Wednesday November 05, 2008 | Update
José Luis Tamayo, the defense lawyer of former Caracas
Metropolitan Police commissioners Henry Vivas, Lázaro
Forero and Iván Simonovis, said on Wednesday that he
awaits the resumption of a hearing.
The attorney will seek full freedom of the ex police officers,
who remain in prison without conviction, based upon several
international treaties and conventions.
"We think that the hearing must begin in an hour. We are
awaiting the transfer of the eight police agents of the Caracas
Metropolitan Police because commissioners Vivas, Forero and
Simonovis are at the Palace of Justice, in Aragua state, (approximately
60 miles west of Caracas)," said Tamayo.
With regard to the request for full freedom, Tamayo said
that he made the petition again a few weeks ago and that the
Attorney General Office must take a decision on Wednesday.
He added that he had completed the revision of the records
"to make way to the concluding stage."
11:00 AM. Economy. Based on the official data, more and more families failed to get out of poverty in 2008; the exclusion status of more people moved faster and fewer people are on their way to overcome this situation. According to the data provided by the official National Statistics Institute (INE), last year the poorest homes in the country recorded an average monthly income of USD 401.82, whereas the food basket amounted to 417.77