BRIEFS: Judicial

Prosecutors appeal decision in boxer’s case

Prosecutors have appealed the decision to grant bail to boxer Alfonso “Huracán” Mosquera, who has been charged in connection with his wife's death.

Luz Moreno died after being hospitalized with injuries that a subsequent examination showed were consistent with a physical beating.

The prosecution has argued that the offense Mosquera is charged with, personal injury resulting in death, makes him ineligible for release.

The judge in the case, however, said that the new Penal Code allows for people charged with that crime to be eligible for bail.

The judge cited Article 137 of the code which states, “If any of the [offenses] described in previous articles cause the death of the person, the penalty shall be four to eight years imprisonment, provided that the means used...had no reasonable cause to result in death.”

The judge ordered the defendant released on bail of $25,000.

Mosquera's attorney argued that the prosecutor's appeal of the decision is moot, because the defendant can't afford to post bail, and therefore remains incarcerated.

He has been in custody since Sept. 17.