The Mercosur country accuses the Uruguayan of crimes related to the disappearance of customer deposits of Banco Alemán.
the former banker Jose Peirano Basso was arrested at his home this morning to be extradited to Paraguayan. The South American country accuses the Uruguayan of crimes related to the joint disappearance of 40 million dollars in customer deposits Banaleman Mutual Fundtogether with another cause of german bankaccording to information from the media Última Hora.
The arrest of Peirano Basso by the staff of the International Captures of the Interpol it was given after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal against the extradition that the defense had presented of the former banker
Peirano Basso was sent to the Admission, Diagnosis and Referral Unit of the National Rehabilitation Institute (INR) of the Punta de Rieles jailand although it is not clear when the extradition will take place pending confirmation from Paraguay, it is estimated that it could be in the next few days.
Argentina The extradition of the former banker was also disputed with Paraguay, but in 2021 the Uruguayan Justice gave priority in the first instance to the Paraguayan request, taking into account that the crimes of which he is accused in the Guarani country are more serious.
The court had ruled by majority against the defense appeal after describing it as “inadmissible” and “for the purpose of delaying delivery” by Peirano Basso. Then they assured that Argentina had withdrawn the extradition request, so the protection made no sense.
What are the causes of Peirano Basso?
The former banker would face two cases before the Justice of Paraguay for the crimes of “misconduct in crisis situation“, “trust injury” and “fraudulent investment promotion“occurred in 2001and a sum close to $12.9 million in one of them, according to Última Hora.
Peirano Basso had been imprisoned from 2002 to 2007and had been sentenced in 2013 for fraudulent corporate insolvency in the bankruptcy of the Bank of Montevideo in 2002, which was dissolved under the administration of the Peirano family, and unleashed the judicial process known as the “Peirano case”.
Source: Ambito
