Overview
- Defense attorney Elio Riera filed the request at the La Victoria traffic investigation division, citing logistical issues and threats reported to the Fiscalía.
- Riera said Linares has been included in the probe for alleged concealment and maintains she committed no crime.
- The defense noted that virtual procedures have already been used in the case, including the preventive detention hearing.
- A separate request seeks full, equal access to the prosecutorial case file to prepare Linares’s statement.
- Although not the vehicle owner, Linares will accept the court-ordered civil reparation to support the victim’s family.