Portugal: José Sócrates is in freedom

The former Portuguese Prime Minister was released, this Friday. The prosecution says that Socrates is prevented from leaving to Portugal and contact with the other defendants in the case of '' operation Marquis. "

José Sócrates was under house arrest, with police surveillance since September 4.

The former Prime Minister was arrested on November 21, 2014, at Lisbon Airport, and is indicted for the crimes of tax evasion, money laundering and corruption for tort. Been nine months in jail, preventively, in prision.

The entrepreneur Carlos Santos Silva, a personal friend of José Sócrates, also accused in "operation Marquis" saw, also changed the measure of coercion, failing to be under house arrest, referred to the Attorney General of the Republic.

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