The ex-banker Jose Peirano Basso he was arrested this saturday and transferred to the Punta de Rieles prison, from which will await his extradition to Paraguay “in the next few days”, informed Telenoche and confirmed to The Observer Peirano Basso’s lawyer, Pablo Donnángelo.
The businessman is in the Admission, Diagnosis and Referral Unit of the National Rehabilitation Institute (INR), located in Unit No. 6 of Punta de Rieles. meanwhile, justice coordinates the final details to extradite him to Paraguaywhere he is accused of the crimes of breach of trust and improper conduct in crisis situations as a result of the disappearance of customer deposits of Banco Alemán.
In Uruguay the former banker he was imprisoned from 2002 to 2007 and he was recently sentenced in 2013 for fraudulent corporate insolvency in the bankruptcy of the Bank of Montevideo. He did not return to jail because he had already served his sentence early. He was held in Cárcel Central.
The arrest comes after the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) reject an appeal presented by the defense of Peirano Basso against his extradition, which remained firm thanks to the court’s resolution.
Paraguay and Argentina requested the extradition of Peirano, but in November 2021 justice gave priority to Paraguay’s extradition request in the first instance and later in a Court of Appeals, because the crimes prosecuted by that country carry higher penalties than those in Argentina. However, the lawyer Donnángelo filed an appeal to the measure, understanding that the most serious charge was the one being pursued in Argentina.
By majority, the court ruled against the appeal, understanding that it was “clearly inadmissibleand only explains it undeniable purpose of delaying and/or dissecting the material act of delivery itself”. In addition, they indicated that Argentina withdrew its extradition request, for which reason they understood that the requested measure “lacks purpose.”
