The Parana UCR sympathized with former mayor Varisco, convicted of drug trafficking, and said he is innocent

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The Radical Civic Union (UCR) of Paraná sympathized this Friday with the former mayor of this city, Sergio Varisco, sentenced to six and a half years in prison for marketing narcotics, and ratified "fully innocent."

Through a statement, the local committee of the historic party said there were "political instances that triggered many of the actions that thinned the future of the judicial process" against the former municipal chief, who was found guilty of being a "participant last Monday" necessary criminally responsible for the crime of aggravated narcotics marketing ”.

The Oral Criminal and Federal Court of its city, composed of Judges Lilia Carnero, Noemí Berros and Roberto López Arango, considered that Varisco actively helped Daniel “Tavi” Celis, appointed as the chief narco of Paraná, who was sentenced to 13 years of jail

The UCR of this city also sympathized with former Security Secretary Griselda Bordeira and with former radical councilor Pablo Hernández, convicted in the same case. The space highlighted that both they and the former mayor have "moral integrity."

"In that innocence we continue to trust absolutely and we are sure that it will be revealed sooner rather than later and that the true reality emerges with healing power," concluded the statement issued by the party this Friday.

Among the signatories of the letter is the Councilor and Varisco's partner, Claudia Acevedo: both are waiting for the start date of a trial against him for alleged theft of electric power.

For his part, the president of the UCR Entre Ríos, Leandro Arribalzaga, asked to "wait for the end of Justice" on the case of the former communal chief, because "there is still time for appeal and grounds." “From there, the UCR will have to act, but the institutions and times must be respected for Justice to be done,” he added.

Meanwhile, the national deputy of radicalism in this province, Atilio Benedetti, asked to "accept and respect" the judicial decision and demanded that the party take "the corresponding measures" against Varisco.

"We have always fought for an independent Justice, which has no qualms when investigating and condemning crimes related to political power," said the legislator, who in dialogue with AFP also considered "plausible that Justice has been issued quickly with a leader that the government left a few days ago, because this consolidates the republican system. ”