In the plots of business and leisure with heavyweights revealed with A Ultranza Py appears the Atlas bank, owned by the Zuccolillo. The financial entity, in addition to the account that admitted one of the strongmen of drug logistics, appears as administrator of the property trust of the fallen deputy Ozorio. The president of Atlas, Miguel Ángel “Miky” Zaldívar, and his family train for automobile competitions at the ranch of Miguel “Tío Rico” Insfrán, the main leader and articulator of the drug trafficking scheme in our country.
Source: The Nation
Videos published on social networks reveal the friendly relationship between the family of the president of the Atlas bank, owned by the Zuccolillo group, owner of the Abc newspaper, and the leader of the Insfrán clan, managed by Miguel “Tío Rico” Insfrán, considered the main articulator of the business of the drug trafficking in our country.
According to the data handled by the Public Ministry, Miguel Insfrán’s business lies on the one hand in the shipment of drugs to ports in Europe and Africa, and on the other, in money laundering.
Miguel Ángel “Miky” Zaldívar, president of the bank, as well as his son Fabrizio Zaldívar attended practices that were held in the ranch of Miguel Insfrán, alias Tío Rico. This 1,600-square-meter building, in which there was a main house, a pedestrian, a warehouse, luxurious furniture and some 1,800 head of cattle, brought together fans of motor sports and, among them, father and son were frequent visitors.
“Miky” carried out private rally practices at the ranch located on December 25 in San Pedro, even from the Facebook of the Zuccolillo family, videos of the tests carried out in the property of the fugitive Miguel Insfrán, considered to be the ringleader of the trafficking scheme, were shared. international drug and money laundering.
Conrado Insfrán, brother of “Tío Rico”, was arrested as a result of the raid on the San Pedro ranch, as well as Miguel Insfrán has an arrest warrant and was charged with international drug trafficking, money laundering and criminal association. In the same condition is his brother, Pastor José Insfrán, who is also a fugitive, and like “Tío Rico” is linked to drug trafficking and money laundering.
According to data from the Prosecutor’s Office, the narco pastor’s church was used for laundering and obtained resources from Colombia, from where he periodically went to bring money in bags.
The Zuccolillo family not only has this sporting link with the drug syndicate Insfrán, it also appeared commercially linked with others identified as part of their group’s drug trafficking scheme.
Leaked documents also revealed deals and operations with drug syndicates that ran through Atlas.
The Atlas bank manages the trust of former deputy Juan Carlos Ozorio, accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and criminal association. Leaked documents revealed that between the bank and the former legislator there is a contract for the provision of fiduciary services that dates from 2015 and is valid until 2031; that is, it is for a term of 16 years.
The agreement consists of a guarantee trust constituted with an Ozorio property valued at G. 933 million.
Also, the considered logistics arm of the international drug scheme Alberto “Beto” Koube, in addition to having a Savings Deposit Certificate (CDA) in the Cooperativa 8 de Marzo, the GNB bank, Continental and is also a client of the Atlas bank.
Leaked checks revealed that “Beto” issued payments for subcontracted companies on more than one occasion. Koube’s company, Grupo Tapyracuai, won contracts with the National Emergency Secretariat (SEN) for G. 3,000 million, these awards were for the provision of freight services; however, the Tapyracuai group once again outsourced the service and the payments to these companies ran through the Zuccolillo’s bank.
These are not the first reports of banking links with businessmen accused of illicit acts. Atlas is implicated in the shield scheme and alleged money laundering of Nicolás Leoz, former president of Conmebol.
Within the framework of this investigation, the Atlas bank is accused of having allegedly facilitated the mechanisms to launder part of the US$ 200 million diverted by Leoz in Conmebol. Atlas authorized trusts for more than G. 40,000 million and did not warn about a possible suspicious operation.