Overview
- Duarte seeks preliberation after serving roughly 95% of his nine-year sentence for association delictuosa and money laundering from a 2018 abbreviated plea.
- Ángela Zamorano Herrera, the execution judge at the Reclusorio Norte, admitted all materials from both sides after a lengthy hearing earlier this week.
- The defense and the FGR offered about 23 documentary and 11 testimonial items in total, which the judge will weigh before issuing a decision.
- Defense counsel argues Duarte has maintained good conduct, completed reintegration activities, and faces no active prosecutions after multiple cases were dismissed or prescribed, including a 2024 disappearance matter.
- The petition, filed in December 2024 under Article 141 of the National Law of Criminal Enforcement, could allow release months early; if denied, he is due to leave custody in April 2026.