The members of the cabinet must appear to testify as investigated for the granting of the document.
The prosecution will summon the minister of Foreign Relations (MRREE), Francisco Bustilloand the Minister of Inside, Luis Alberto Heberto testify as investigated for the episode where a Uruguayan passport was granted to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
The Prosecutor for Economic Crimes, Alexander Machadowill meet from next August 1 to between 12 and 13 people who are or were part of the institutions involved in the investigation around the passport issued by the Uruguayan State. All those cited will declare as investigated, except one who will do so as a witness.
The information came out after the Director of Communication of the Prosecutor’s Office, Javier Benech, affirmed that Machado would not make public who would be investigated. Along these lines, Benech had added that “The fact that it is investigated does not imply that the person is responsible for a crime”.
The prosecutor in the Marset case analyzes the responsibility of the Executive Power
At this time, prosecutor Machado is analyzing the folder that investigates the responsibilities of the Executive Power in the case of the drug trafficker for obtaining the Uruguayan document in November 2021, while imprisoned in Dubai after being detained by local security forces in possession of false Paraguayan documentation.
As reported in the media, before he was given the national passport, there were communications between the Interior authorities and the MRREE about Marset’s criminal record, for which internal investigations were opened in both government portfolios. The consequences of this scandal over the inter-ministerial talks ended with the resignation of the former vice chancellor Carolina Acheamong many other repercussions.
The Economic Crimes team seeks to elucidate responsibilities in the granting of the passport, while examining documentation that consists of more than four boxes and two folders of materials with more than 1,000 pages.
Source: Ambito
