In relation to the Iranian plane that sparked controversy due to its arrival in our country and the suspicions raised by its crew, Emanuele Ottolenghi said that it is very likely that they had held meetings with businessmen or authorities from our country.
“It is something that is not surprising. The main reason for these trips is not the load, it is to stop in places where they develop contacts, cooperate and set up operations”, he mentioned in a chat with channel Thirteen.
Given this situation, he indicated that there is a need to thoroughly investigate the case of the Iranian plane. “There are a lot of anomalies in the plane ride episode,” he added.
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The main reason for these trips is not the load, it is to stop in places where networks, contacts".
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Ottolenghi also referred to the controversy generated by the publications that confirm the links between Vice President Hugo Velázquez and members of Hezbollah, mentioning as a possibility that the terrorist group finances his presidential campaign.
“As we are in an election year, there should be transparency laws for political financing, it should be known who pays the candidates,” he said in this regard.
In the last few hours, an article in the Israeli newspaper Aurora went viral, showing the Paraguayan vice president at a time when he presided over the Chamber of Deputies and speculating about his role as a prosecutor. There he publishes photos of Hugo Velázquez with the spiritual leader of Hezbollah (or Hezbollah), Sayed Ali Hijazi, and other political figures.
In 2015, when he was in charge of the Chamber of Deputies, the Vice President of the Republic of Paraguay, Hugo Velázquez, went to Lebanon to meet with political and religious leaders of the powerful Islamic movement Hezbollah, although he later denied it several times.
The entrance They mention the possibility that Velázquez’s campaign is financed by terrorists was first published in diary TODAY.