The intelligence director, Claudio Correa, who stopped to Alejandro Astesiano last Sunday, September 25, at the residence of Suárez and Reyes Y currently investigated by the prosecutor Gabriela Fossatiit was removed from office while the investigation continues.
Correa, who declared as investigated this Thursday before the prosecutor, You will use your license until your situation is resolvedas reported by El País and confirmed The Observer with sources from the Ministry of the Interior.
In the same situation as Correa is the deputy director of the National Police, Hector Ferreira; the executive deputy director of the National Police, Jorge Berriel; and the head of the General Directorate of Business Auditing (Digefe), Henry De León. The three, together with Correa, are investigated in the case led by the prosecutor Fossati.
In the case of the director of Intelligence, the Prosecutor’s Office first considered him as a witness, but then -with more information on the table- he changed the quality to investigated, for which reason he appeared before the prosecutor on Thursday accompanied by the lawyer Carlos Bustamante, who also represents to the other hierarchs of the Ministry of the Interior.
Correa was the protagonist of the arrest of Astesiano. He was the one who was waiting for him at Suárez y Reyes on his return from the trip of the president, Luis Lacalle Pou, who, accompanied by the former custodian, had vacationed in Costa Rica.
Lacalle was told that Correa was waiting for him to have a conversation with him. After having had it, they took Astesiano into custody. Now, the prosecution cites him as investigated in the case.
