Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Ethics Commission Meets Over Video Showing Congresswoman Kira Alcarraz Hitting SAT Worker

The panel signals a rapid timetable, with its chair projecting a sanction vote as early as February.

Overview

  • The Congressional Ethics Commission convenes this afternoon to weigh opening an investigation oficio into the alleged assault and to reconsider a separate case involving threats to a journalist.
  • Video aired by Cuarto Poder shows Alcarraz grabbing a fiscalizer’s phone, striking him and hurling insults during a Jan. 6 vehicle intervention tied to unpaid fines, then phoning a police commander as the tow proceeded and the debt was later rescheduled.
  • The worker, identified as Juan Carlos de la Vía, filed a police complaint, and a medico-legal certificate recorded minor injuries consistent with the struggle; the SAT issued a statement rejecting violence against its staff.
  • Alcarraz denies the allegations, claims she was not properly notified about the fines and disputes the accounts presented in the footage.
  • Commission president Elvis Vergara outlined procedural deadlines and said the body could be voting on a sanction next month if the case advances.