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IFDP Accuses Newly Seated Magistrate Miguel Leetch of Taking Bribes as Public Defender

The institute filed complaints with federal prosecutors alongside the judiciary’s comptroller, leaving the case at the complaint stage with no charges announced.

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.