Los delitos de obstrucción a la justicia

Abstract

Crimes relating to the obstruction of the course of justice are figures that attempt against the administration of justice and that, generally, become legitimate because of the breach of duty that underlies as grounds for this offense. From this perspective, the three patterns of the offense included in Articles 269 (Amend. 2) and 269 (Amend. 3) are analyzed; (a) to refuse to provide the courts of justice with known background or that are known and help determine the existence of an offense or the punishable participation in it; (b) to destroy, conceal or make useless the body, the effects or instruments of an offense or misdemeanor subsequent to its detection; and (c) to conceal, alter or destroy any background, object or document that help determine the existence of an offense, the punishable participation in it or that may be useful for the determination of the penalty, if committed by an Office of the Attorney General prosecutor.