Overview
- The filings allege Leetch sought 126,000 pesos from the wife of a detainee and later requested 300,000–500,000 pesos to secure a prosecutorial benefit known as criterio de oportunidad.
- The complainant is identified as Karel Angélica Ramírez Rojas, whose husband, Sahid Ragani, was detained on allegations of sheltering undocumented migrants and held at the Altiplano prison.
- According to the IFDP, the payments were solicited while Leetch was a public defender obligated to provide free legal representation.
- Leetch spent 14 years at the IFDP before being elected as a magistrate by popular vote, with the complaints emerging as he began the new post.
- The reports describe the matter as under review by the FGR and the CJF comptroller, with no administrative sanctions or criminal charges reported to date.