Abdo makes three orders to his economic team

Economic stability smiles at Juan Carlos “Charly” Duarte and Julio Javier Ríos, potent lawyers who are part of the trusted circle of Vice President Hugo Velázquez, who managed to relocate themselves in this government in Yacyretá.

“Charly”, legal advisor of the binational, receives a remuneration of G. 87 million per month, according to salary leaks to which we had access last year. Julio Ríos, executive secretary of the hydroelectric plant, pockets a month, between salary and bonuses, about G. 53,897,420, according to the payroll of the entity.

Julio (JJ) Ríos, who was a modest official of the bankruptcy trustee of the Judiciary with a salary of G. 7,229,000, whose assets were G. 128 million in 2001, made up of a building and a vehicle from the year 1987, He went on to manage properties valued at more than G. 1,060 million, shares, vehicles and even a tractor.

Until 2006, Ríos was an agent for the bankruptcy trustee; he subsequently abandoned public office to devote himself to law. According to his Linkedin profile, he is a senior partner in the law firm REV & Asociados, for which there is no information or phone number on the internet.

Upon his return to public office in 2013, then-deputy Ríos declared savings in dollars of US$98,000, 500 shares in the Don Osvaldo ranch and four properties in Asunción, Luque and Lambaré.

Thanks to Velázquez, he settled in the binational in 2020 after his failure as Minister of Justice and his assets today amount to G. 2,749,500,000.

In 2018, Julio Ríos, considered part of the first ring of the Vice President, was appointed Minister of Justice. Barely a year later he presented President Mario Abdo with his resignation by phone after Jorge Teófilo Samudio, alias Samura, drug trafficker and leader of the Comando Vermelho, was released in a spectacular operation in the Costanera Norte area.

During his administration, the massacre of members of the Rotela clan took place in the San Pedro penitentiary and there was a riot and the escape of inmates in the Itapúa prison.

Before his promotion to Yacyretá, Ríos was a lawyer for Argentine businessman Leonardo Spokojny, whose helicopter was involved in a raid investigating the release of “Samura”.

The helicopter was deposited in the Arrayán de Areguá hangar, considered by the Prosecutor’s Office as the epicenter of punishable acts and which was used to transport people who had arrest warrants.

In other words, (JJ) Ríos, as he is known, became a defender in the investigation of a case that cost him his head in the Executive.

Ríos’ case is similar to that of “Charly” Duarte, former fiscal superintendent in Alto Paraná-Canindeyú, questioned for his striking procedures during investigations with the then prosecutor, Hugo Velázquez, who became linked to Walid Amine Sweid and Ricardo Galeano, whose family “Charly” was a defense attorney. Sweid and Galeano are identified to date as part of a mega money laundering scheme in Ciudad del Este.

So prosperous was his experience as a lawyer for those involved in money laundering and others that upon his return to public office and his accommodation in the hydroelectric plant, he already accumulated an estate of G. 20,940,808,557, which includes numerous properties, 0km vehicles, shares for G. 990 million and up to an aircraft valued at G. 1,050 million.

Despite their striking background, both settled in Yacyretá hand in hand with the vice president. “Charly” is remembered for playing soccer matches with Velázquez, while Ríos posed next to the “Toro” as part of his political allies for 2023.

The former candidate for the Municipal Board of Asunción Daniel Koube, brother of Alberto “Beto” Koube, detained in the Operation A Ultranza Py, has been a state official since 2018; however, there are no traces of the manifestation of his assets on the Comptroller’s page.

The Operative A Extremenza Py exposed the luxurious lives that the accused lead as drug traffickers and their entourage; however, some continue to escape investigations, such as Daniel Koube, an official of the National Professional Promotion Service (SNPP), whose affidavit is conspicuous by its absence on the Comptroller’s website, and who is the brother of Alberto “Beto” Koube, considered to be a leading member of the organization that moves the largest quantity of drugs from the region to Europe.

Dani Koube is director of Entrepreneurship in the aforementioned institution and receives G. 14,690,000, he was a candidate in the last elections to integrate the Municipal Board of Asunción. Today in the Velázquez tents, but disappeared from networks after the fall of his brother Alberto “Beto” Koube.

It is noteworthy that since 2018, the year in which Koube entered the public service, to date he has not submitted his statement of assets, a requirement that is mandatory and that failure to comply may be grounds for suspension in the collection of his remuneration. as well as a subsequent administrative summary.