The investigation into those responsible for delivering the Uruguayan passport to the drug trafficker Sebastian Marset It is in a stage of interrogating top government officials; Meanwhile, they still confirm the theory that it is Chancellery the culprit of delivering the document.
This Monday, Guillermo Maciel appeared at the Prosecutor’s Office to give his statement before the prosecutor for Economic and Complex Crimes, Alejandro Machado. To Maciel’s statement, It will be followed by that of the Minister of the Interior himself, Luis Alberto Heberwho must appear this Tuesday, as the highest representative of the actions of his portfolio.
Subsequently, next Wednesday it will be the turn of the former vice chancellor Carolina acheand on Friday the chancellor will do it Francisco Bustillo. The three remaining officials will testify at 11:00 a.m. on their respective days.
The Prosecutor’s Office blames the Foreign Ministry for the delivery of the passport
In 2021, Sebastian Marset obtained the Uruguayan passport while he was imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Meanwhile, the ministries of Inside and of External relationships They blame each other for responsibility after having carried out the corresponding administrative audits.
However, according to El País, for prosecutor Machado there is only one person responsible: Chancellery. According to the prosecutor, the culprit is the office that issues the passport and that is a function of the Ministry of External relationships. Machado is based on the third article of decree 129/2014 of the Regulation regarding the issuance of common passports, identity and travel titles.
There, it is established that, if the passport is requested from inside the country, the responsibility for issuing the document corresponds to the Ministry of the Interior, through the National Directorate of Civil Identification. However, if it is requested abroad, the issuance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Consular Officials.
However, in 2018 a modification was decreed establishing that passports requested abroad are the responsibility of both ministries. Meanwhile, the provision of this decree was after the issuance of the passport of Marset.
In the United Arab Emirates, Uruguayan diplomats did not recommend handing over the passport
Uruguayan diplomats in United Arab Emirates (UAE) recommended in 2021 not to give him the Uruguayan passport to the drug trafficker and a fugitive from Justice at an 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
