It is about Antonio Juan Corteswho would have acquired the property for renovation purposesa fact that took place shortly after and whose process culminated in a tragedy. According to what they indicate, he usually buys hotels and apartments and then renovates them, it is a common task for the owner.
Stefanic had asked the businessman stay until the summer season living there, something he accepted easily.
Cortes is also owner of the Liniers bus terminal and has the Ostende hotel in Mar del Platawhich a while ago was involved in a fire in the kitchen.
This happened in February 2022, when firefighters the guests had to be evacuatedbut there were no injuries or victims to report.
According to reports, the owner was reported in 2018 for not paying the porters of the terminal, nor recognize them as such, but require them to perform unregulated tasks. This complaint was also directed against the owner of the Retiro terminal.
Guido Mengiaa representative of luggage carriers, had stated: “In Liniers, trucks are entering the bus docks, and we they force us to load and unload parcels for free”.
However, the businessman also is at the center of the storm after the collapsedue to the performance of works not legally authorized in the establishment
Furthermore, they ensure that the same were done incorrectlyprimary cause of the collapse. They also did not have the municipal authorization to carry them out.
For this reason, within the framework of the investigation, The corresponding raids were carried out and extremely important documentation was seized to understand the responsibility, both of Cortes, and of all the ranks included in the accommodation and workers.
The work did not have authorization
From the municipality they officially reported that among the people trapped in the rubble there are “workers of a work that was being carried out clandestinely”they stated.
At the same time, they indicated that said work did not comply “with municipal regulations, nor did it have the corresponding authorization” and that “it had been paralyzed by the municipality in August of this year.”
After the brutal collapse, the police arrested the foreman and four bricklayers who worked at the place. The arrest was ordered by the prosecutor Veronica Zamboniafter detecting that the work did not comply with municipal regulations nor did it have the corresponding authorization to carry it out.
The prosecutor formalized the arrest of the workers and accused them of aggravated negligent destruction for the death of Federico Ciocchinian 84-year-old man from Balcarcewhich so far is the only fatal victim identified.
If found guilty, They could face up to five years in prisona penalty that may increase if more victims are found. But first, must be interrogatedas well as the witnesses, who must testify in the case.
What the municipality of Villa Gesell says
On August 20, 2024, the municipality of Villa Gesell, Through the Directorate of Private Buildings and Public Spaces, it detected and stopped work that was being carried out inside the property for not having the proper authorization.
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After the notification, the owners request, through a construction notice, authorization only for the following tasks: change of carpentry, changes of floor coverings, interior painting, change of bathroom coverings and removal of countertops.
These works are authorized by the Works Department with the exception that the change of carpentry was only authorized on the ground floor, and not on the upper floor.
Next, the owners add a technical report on some preparatory tasks for an elevator that they intended to install in the reception area (next to the public road, which is not part of the current collapsed structure), as well as the request for authorization for the construction of a passageway partition for this intended elevator.
Through another file, they request pre-feasibility of installing said elevator, an act that the Municipality resolves by letting them know on October 15 of this month of the need to formally present the documentation corresponding to this elevator work.
Source: Ambito
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