Officials of the Vice President of the Nation and former president, Cristina Kirchner, They are currently on trial for alleged embezzlement of more than two million dollars to the detriment of the State. The crime occurred at the time of presenting the hotel and per diem invoices that were used in the presidential tours, since those involved adulterated the invoices.
One of the defendants, named Nelson Alberto Periotti, was in the Presidency Ceremonial area between 2013 and 2015, the last management period of Cristina Kirchner. Currently, the person involved is the general director of Ceremonial, Protocol and Hearings of the Senate of the Nation. while the father, with the same name, is among those convicted in the trial for the Highway case that sentenced prison against the vice president.
The second denounced and prosecuted is the official Gustavo Oscar Navarro, who also worked for Cristina Kirchnerbut this time as a plant administrative employee of the General Directorate of Ceremonial of the Presidency of the Nation, a job he had until 2021 when he was displaced due to allegations of mistreatment.
The strategy both Periotti and Navarro It was basically delegating responsibility for his crimes to Atilio López, who until now is considered an accomplice in what was denounced. The preliminary complaint was carried out by the prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán at the beginning of the management of Cambiemos, with Mauricio Macri at the head.
According to the modus operandi, after the Executive Decree or the resolution pertinent to an official trip abroad of the former president together with his entourage, those involved drafted a Request for Liquidation of Eventual Expenses, where they increased the estimated prices of unexpected expenses, adulterating invoices even for services that the former president did not receive.
condemns the vice president
On December 6, the Vice President of the Nation, was sentenced by the Federal Oral Court 2 to a sentence of six years in prison and disqualification for life from holding public office. Both convictions are still not final, so Cristina Kirchner He is free and if he wishes, he could participate in the current year’s elections.
The conviction was for the Cause of Roads, where it is presumed that the former president diverted funds from the province of Santa Cruz to benefit the Austral Construcciones company of Lázaro Báez, causing the latter to win all the works tenders, and thus, harming the State by avoiding the participation of competitors.
