00:00 And the Watermelon Police arrested former representative of an anti-corruption commission,
00:04 Claudia González.
00:06 González is part of a group of around 30 former justice operators who investigated
00:11 corruption cases in the country and are now in detention or exile.
00:16 The 56-year-old former official described her detention as a criminalization, harassment
00:21 and unnecessary criminal persecution by the public prosecutor's office.
00:26 The office has conducted a crackdown against former justice operators and also opened a
00:31 case for alleged money laundering against José Ruén Zamora, the owner of a newspaper
00:37 that investigated corruption cases and who was sentenced in May to six years in prison.
00:43 The prosecutor's office has also criticized for its interference in the recently concluded
00:47 electoral process and for opening an investigation against the Zemilla party with the alleged
00:53 purpose of preventing its candidate from winning the August 20 presidential runoff elections.
