But as for August's attorney, he says that Alberto should not have been arrested in the first place, but perhaps that was some form of good fortune as it led to what he calls the exposure and fall of Marin and Mira:
Mike Peyrefitte, Attorney for Alberto August
"Well, you know what? Mr. August was unceremoniously put in jail behind us, detained for a number of hours, but I think even Mr. August could say-if I could guess what he could say is that as a result of that, corruption is being exposed in the PUP. We see the fall of Marin, we see the fall of Mira, following the fall of Mai. I think Musa and Martinez need to be very careful because the M's are not doing very well in this PUP government."
"So the entire scenario is unfortunate. It should never have happened. There is no way that police officers, armed police officers, should have stormed Alberto's house, threatened his family with arrest and detention, detain him for more than 48 hours almost, just to come here and say, "Well, you know what? Oops, we shouldn't have done that." It is a very, very, very unfortunate situation, and when you look at it, it is Alberto August. Attention would be paid to something like that, but what happens when it happens to the regular man on the street? A regular person on the street. Not everybody, not everybody has an audience like Alberto August. Not everybody is established like Alberto August."
