The Attorney General’s Office defined the date that will begin to take the statements of those investigated for the delivery of a Uruguayan passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marsetwhen he was imprisoned in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
From next October 30, the former vice minister Carolina AcheThe chancellor Francisco Bustillothe vice minister of the Interior, Guillermo Macieland the Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Hebermust appear as investigated before the prosecutor for Economic and Complex Crimes, Alejandro Machado.
Before this, on Tuesday, October 24, prosecutor Machado will begin the round of statements from all those investigated within the framework of the investigation, among whom are other people who are not public, according to the Director of Communication of the prosecution, Javier Benech.
As for officials, on Monday, October 30, the first to declare will be the vice minister of the Interior, Macielfollowed by the minister himself Heber on Tuesday, October 31.
On Wednesday, November 1, it will be the turn of the former vice chancellor acheand on Friday, November 3, the chancellor will do so Bustillo. All officials will testify at 11:00 a.m. on their respective days.
Uruguayan diplomats in the United Arab Emirates recommended not giving Marset a passport
Uruguayan diplomats in United Arab Emirates (UAE) recommended in 2021 not to give the Uruguayan passport to the drug trafficker and fugitive from Justice at the international level, Sebastian Marset.
The Uruguayan ambassador to the UAE, Alvaro Cerianiand the former consul in Dubai and current deputy consul of Uruguay in San Francisco (USA), Fiorella Pradothey had suggested waiting for Sebastian Marset came out of jail to grant him the Uruguayan document, this being rejected by the authorities in Montevideo.
“My opinion was, let’s wait for him to be released. What use would his passport be if he is deprived of liberty?” he said. Meadow in the internal investigation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE), adding that “unless an ulterior motive is sought, thanks to that passport, (Sebastian Marset) will be able to be released.”
For its part, Ceriani considered it prudent “to wait for the trial he was conducting to be completed (Sebastian) marset“, this was already “common sense” because the drug trafficker was in prison for carrying false Paraguayan documentation.
Source: Ambito
