The government of Luis Lacalle Pou appointed in the diplomatic representation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, an official named José Reyes who “has been prosecuted since 2002 for smuggling,” published the Argentine media La Politica Online.
According to the portal, Lacalle and Reyes have a “good relationship” and also appear as the owner of an import company based in Buenos Aires.
All this information came out, in the first instance, from a request for reports made by legislators from the Broad Front, on June 11. “We present a request for a report to our Foreign Ministry to know the positions of particular trust of the Embassy of Uruguay in Argentina, and specifically of José Reyes, directly appointed and of whom we do not know his career in the area of commerce,” said Senator Daniel Caggiani.
The answer came on September 13 from the Foreign Ministry and it was confirmed that Reyes holds one of the four positions of particular trust in Buenos Aires, specifically in the role of “minister”, Escalafon M, Grade 06, being the highest grade only below of the ambassador.
The other two particularly trusted officials with such a rank are Daniel Rognini and José Curbelo.
kings salary
The Foreign Ministry also revealed the income of kings, since he is a state official and this data is publicly accessible. They receive a “frozen basic salary” of US$2,775, to which are added representation expenses of US$390 and another item of “social benefits corresponding to the constituted household” “and family allowance” that add another US$500 and US$650, respectively.
Those mentioned also receive a “housing aid” item for being “particularly trusted” officials. Reyes receives the highest item of the three officials, which is US$2,240 (Curbelo earns US$1,760 and Rugnoni US$1,440).
In total, Reyes receives a monthly payment of US$6,555.
Background
José Ramiro Reyes Segade did not end up in prison, but was prosecuted and convicted of smuggling merchandise from Brazil, in the city of Río Branco, in a court decision dated October 5, 2002.
“However, this did not prevent him from leading the embassy’s Trade area without certified experience in the field and will appear as the owner of an Argentine import company, under the name Solucion Pop SRL, where it is suspected that with the endorsement of the Uruguayan State legalized the smuggling business,” he wrote. Online Politics.
The Frente Amplio legislators Daniel Caggiani, Charles Carrera, Sebastián Sabini, Sandra Lazo and Alejandro Sánchez, who submitted the request for information, recalled that the weekly Search He had already reported on the official in question, that it was already known that he has “ties with the local business sector” and that he has lived “for several years in Argentina.”
It also highlights that he was one of Lacalle Pou’s guests at the lunch that the now president had when he had won the ballot in 2019, at the Fellini restaurant in Pocitos.
