The former presidential custodian had been summoned by prosecutor Sabrina Flores to expand his statement on the passport case.
Former Presidential Custodian Alexander Astesiano testified before prosecution after being summoned by the prosecutor Sabrina Flores to expand your statement in the case of the delivery of Uruguayan passports to Russian citizens.
The President’s former security chief Luis Lacalle Pouwho is being held in the prison of Floridaappeared to testify this Wednesday as a witness to be questioned by investigations that are underway and to give more details about some of his previous statements.
Astesiano’s defense attorney, Marcos Prieto, and prosecutor Flores had agreed that the former presidential custodian should testify on these issues again. The Director of Communications for the Prosecutor’s Office, Javier Benechhad reported in the last few hours that Astesiano had requested a new statement.
According to Prieto, this instance of Astesiano as a witness serves both parties, the Prosecutor’s Office to deepen the investigation, and the deponent to “make certain things clear” that have been reported through the press. “Astesiano is in the news more than we would like and it is time to discuss it with the prosecutor,” Prieto said.
The cause of the passports to Russians was “armed” and “orchestrated”, according to Astesiano
Yesterday, a letter sent by Asthesian to his brother Fabricio where he claims they caught him as a scapegoat” and that the cause of passports for Russian citizens against him was “armed and “orchestrated” to serve as a media distraction.
In the letter, the former head of security pointed out that his sentence was “disproportionate”, “inflated for the tribune” and “pour la galerie”, and that he was forced to sign the agreement in an abbreviated trial due to media and social pressure.
In this regard, the ex-custodian wrote that “there was never any passport, there was never any association: what’s more, no one ever told me that they wanted false passports, never. They only wanted to expedite a process, which was verified in the minutes.”
Source: Ambito
