Judges Deny Being Easy
On Drunk Drivers
Responding to criticism
that they are letting
drunk drivers caught by
the Tránsito (traffic)
police go free, a group
of judges representing
the judges of traffic
court of the Poder
Judicial, denied that
the charges.
Magistrates Liz Mauren
Tencio, Norman Rojas and
Ricardo Baltodano, spoke
to the press, saying
that of the 38.998 drunk
drivers that have come
before the courts since
2005, only 763 has been
set free, had their
license returned and not
sanctioned.
According to Tencio, the
cases of drunk drivers
getting off easy is less
every day.
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