The senator Edgardo Kueider He was arrested at 1:30 in the morning at the border of the International Friendship Bridge with $201,202, 646,000 pesos and 3,900,000 guaraníes (about $500,000) and is being investigated for having committed the alleged “crime of smuggling or money laundering“In this context, the prosecutor’s office asked that he remain detained and suspicions against him grew after contradictions with the statements of his secretary.
“A strong contradiction between Kueider and his secretary Iara Guinsel Costa made the prosecutors ask that the senator be detained at the police headquarters and not return to the hotel where he was detained in the early hours of the day,” said the journalist. Ariel Zak.
The judicial specialist explained that the senator declared that he was “on a walk” in Paraguay and said that the money he was carrying was not his and that it belonged to his secretary. However, Guinsel Costa He contradicted this version and assured that the money was not his.
The prosecution is expected to present the formal accusation in the next few hours to begin the investigation against Kueider.
Edgardo Kueider arrested in Paraguay
The senator was arrested this morning in “routine check” on the International Friendship Bridge in Paraguay.
“The vehicle was opened and the person reported that he had dollars, more than $200,000 that were not declared and more than 600,000 Argentine pesos. The procedure was carried out, the intervening prosecutor was notified,” the Paraguayan authorities reported.
“At approximately 12:40, DNIT personnel did a routine check on the La Amistad International Bridgewhich connects Paraguay with Brazil, a vehicle that was entering Paraguayan territory was verified, the vehicle was opened and some packages were found. The person was asked, who reported that they were dollars“, detailed Orué who later added that”those dollars were not declared“.
It should be noted that the jurisdictions that apply to senators – which prevent their arrest – do not extend outside Argentine territory, so Kueider was at the disposal of the Paraguayan justice.
Local authorities commented that the Argentine legislator from Entre Ríos failed to comply with the mandatory declaration that must be presented when entering Paraguayan territory with that amount of money. Upon detecting the discrepancy, the case was also in the hands of the Secretary for the Prevention of Money Laundering, which will investigate its origin.
Source: Ambito
