al ibeginning of the administration of Mario Abdo Benítez, in August 2018, where he arrived with the support of Honor Colorado, with whom he remained in the following years and was saved from three impeachment attempts, supposedly an investigation was ongoing about Horacio Cartes, according to the former Minister of Education, Eduardo Petta.
“There was already an investigation, not from the Public MinistryMany say that Marito governed with the PDP and all that history, Has anyone been surprised that just ex-prosecutors have been integrated into the Marito government? Arregui, Fúster, René Fernández, Giuzzio and whoever speaks to them. There are five ex-prosecutors”, acknowledged Petta, in an interview with Telefuturo.
He excused himself in that the investigation had already begun before Abdo’s arrival at the Palacio de López and that it was not promoted by him, however, He admitted that the Cabinet was made up of former prosecutors with a purpose.
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One of the mentioned Arnaldo Giuzzio, at the time head of the Senate and Minister of the Interior, was the one who personally denounced to Cartes and presented documents that allegedly “demonstrated” irregularities.
René Fernández also did his thingwho as head of the Senac (National Anti-Corruption Secretariat) signed last June a report on the companies Tabesa and Tabacos USA pointing out alleged money laundering, statements that they were refuted by the Tabesa authorities, who demonstrated that the commercial operations were legitimate.
Likewise, Carlos Arregui, as Minister of the Seprelad (Secretary for the Prevention of Money Laundering) sent to Congress some documents where attack the Cart Groupis.
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The entrance With former prosecutors in his Cabinet, Abdo persecuted Cartes at the beginning of his term was first published on newspaper TODAY.
