Prosecutors Alicia Sapriza from the Specialized Unit for Organized Crime and prosecutor Osmar Legal from the Specialized Unit for Economic Crimes and Anticorruption raided the home of former Minister of the Interior, Arnaldo Giuzzio, accused of Aggravated Passive Bribery.
Prosecutors Osmar Legal and Alicia Sapriza charged former Interior Minister Arnaldo Giuzzio with aggravated passive bribery and requested alternative measures to prison.
Arnaldo Giuzzio, former official of the Paraguayan State, exercised the ownership of the Ministry of the Interior, from January 22, 2021 to February 22, 2022 and among the administrative components he was in charge of being an expense organizer, issuing authorizations for the call for tenders , and the awarding of suppliers, services and consequently also sign the corresponding contracts.
In that order of things, from July 2021 to February 2022, Arnaldo Giuzzio, in his capacity as Minister of the Interior, maintained constant communications with Marcus Vinicius Espindola Marques, who directed and managed the companies Black Eagle Group SA and Ombú SA with various commercial activities, including rental and armoring of vehicles and whose intention was to be a supplier to the State, through the Ministry of the Interior and his friendly relationship with the then holder of the Portfolio.
Marcus Vinicius Espindola M. is currently detained in Brazil for drug trafficking.
In this link that would have been established, Giuzzio, in full exercise of his functions as Minister of the Interior, accepted vehicle armoring services for the National Police, supposedly as a courtesy by Mr. Vinicius Espindola.
Likewise, he would have accepted the loan, free of charge, of a vehicle for his personal and family use. On the other hand, among those mentioned there would have been several personal meetings both in the offices of the commercial firms of Marcus Vinicius Espindola. He would also have been invited to the firing range of the Special Police Operational Forces, having links with drug trafficking and other encounters would have taken place.
Also via WhatsApp, in October 2021 Marcus Vinicius sends him a link about a journalistic news item, about a procedure in Brazilian territory about the Lava Jato case, about a raid on the home of Antonio Joaquin Da Mota. Where the Minister of the Interior thanks him and says “I’m talking to you.”
On another occasion, he would have purchased armor services for a vehicle destined for a security operation, where they were also supposedly given as a “courtesy”, through which he had access to the security mechanisms. In addition, Mr. Arnaldo Giuzzio was aware of the intentions of Mr. Vinicius Espindola to be awarded as supplier of the State
After other services provided to the institution, items other than those intended for the maintenance, armoring and repair of vehicles can be inferred since there must be a call for public bidding which has not even occurred and consequently proceeding against its legitimate functions. .
