The statements of General Juan José Zúñiga held on June 24, 2024 in an interview was what detonated his relieved, said the Minister of the Presidency Thursday María Nela Prada, who recalled that this meeting occurred on June 25one day before the assonada that starred in the dismissal general.
“I met him in my office at the Casa Grande del Pueblo and it was to tell him that he was going to be relieved of his position, because the day before – this meeting was the 25th – June 24) He starts making statements in the media without having any kind, not only of competence, but of authorization”Said the minister at a press conference.
The ‘Zuñigazo’ starring the former army It took relevance after the Prosecutor’s Office will begin a new round of apprehensions of analysts, leaders and professionals, after the issuance of a video prepared by the Ministry of Government.
But almost in parallel reappeared General Zúñiga with two statements to the media and a letter to a third party in which he accuses of having made that assonada to President Luis Arce and two of his main advisors; Hugo Moldiz and Fernando Rodríguez.
In his statement before an Argentine media, Zúñiga said they asked him to come in incognito to the town’s big housewhere he would have met with the Minister of Defense and the two advisors who asked him if “their iron, in allusion to the transfer of military team from distant barracks.
“He was already with a plan of course ongoing And when there was this meeting we clearly pointed out that the Armed Forces could not venture into a political role, ”added the authority.
Prada regretted that the media have given more relevance to the statements of a person who is accused of perpetrating an attempt with a coup d’etat, than to the authorities that frustrated that fact.
“It cannot be that more credibility is given to the word of a person who has tried to take power unconstitutionally that to what the facts are reflecting bluntly, ”said the minister in allusion to the stir that Zúñiga caused with her statements.
This Thursday the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo reported that Zúñiga was isolated and undergoing punishment for having violated the internal regime of the El Abra prison, where it is held. They confiscated cell phones in the raid they made to know which phone made the international call.