A judge has denied a request by the Mexican Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for a warrant seeking the arrest of pop singer Belinda on charges of tax evasion and for hiding, altering, or destroying accounting records.
According to Proceso, PGR officials submitted the request to a Judge from the Tenth Sixth District Federal Criminal Process in Mexico City.
The actress allegedly violated Article 111, paragraph 3, of Mexico’s Tax Code, an offense punishable by up to three years in prison according to the previous judicial system.
However, Judge Hector Vazquez Ferzuli rejected the request, ruling that the PGR failed to provide sufficient evidence warranting the arrest order.
Attorneys for the singer acknowledged that in recent weeks their client was the subject of two preliminary investigations into tax evasion and concealing accounting records, prompting her defense team to file an injunction to prevent her arrest, which was rejected by a judge.
Belinda had previously denied reports of her impending apprehension on her Twitter account, “The information reported by the media is false, there is no such arrest warrant against me, I am happy, at peace and working,” she tweeted.
Translated: To those making fun of this, who have no lives, who bother others so they'll have something to do with themselves, hopefully you never have to go through a similar situation as mine. It's incredible, the cruelty with which people will ridicule the problems of others.
I'm surprised more and more each day by the lack of compassion, and by the media, how easy it is for them to manipulate information to gain some sort of relevance. That's why no one ever wants to interact with them. They put things out there without caring if they're true or not.
God is with me, he is my lawyer, I'm doing just fine.
