The former mayor of Soriano Agustín Bascou was prosecuted without prison for conjunction of interests

The former mayor of Soriano Agustín Bascou was prosecuted without prison for conjunction of interests

December 14, 2023 – 21:05

The former leader had been denounced by the National Party’s own bench of councilors after buying fuel for the Municipality at its own service station.

Photo: RRSS Agustín Bascou

He former mayor of Soriano, Agustín Bascouwas prosecuted without prison for the crime of conjunction of interests when he was at the head of the departmental administration, during the period 2015-2020.

The former departmental leader had been denounced in 2017 by the council’s own bench of councillors. National Party (PN)party to which he belonged, accused of buying fuel for the Municipality at a service station he owned. Bascou He resigned from the PN after the accusation.

As the 2nd shift Mercedes prosecutor informed Subrayado, Stella Alciaturiin the last hours the 1st shift criminal judge, Ximena Menchacaprosecuted Bascou for the crime of conjunction of private interest and public interest. The defense of Bascou He appealed the decision, so the file is now being considered by an Appeals Court.

Alciaturi He explained that it is not an accusatory process, but rather a prosecution without prison, so “a stage of expanding the summary begins.”

“They are elements of conviction, it is not conclusive, it cannot be stated that there is full evidence for the Prosecutor’s Office accusation and there is a conviction,” explained the prosecutor. “It is a beginning, a little late, but a beginning,” she concluded.

Who is former mayor Agustín Bascou?

Agustín Bascou was born in the city of Mercedesthe capital of Soriano, on May 14, 1961, and is an agronomist, as well as a businessman and agricultural producer.

At the political level he served as a substitute for the current Mayor of Soriano, Guillermo Besozzi, of the PN, between 2010 and 2015; and was later elected for the period 2015-2020.

At the beginning of 2020, he was also formalized without prison for the crime of violating the pledge law, as a result of the sale of livestock that was pledged for bank loans.

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