Argentine Commanders
Dismissed For Corruption
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine
generals Gustavo
Schurlein and Gustavo
Serain, commanders of
the Third Corp of the
Army and Military
Aviation, were dismissed
Thursday for alleged
corruption.
Defense Minister Nilda
Garre also sacked other
11 officers accused of
"punishable acts."
According to the Defense
Ministry, on Aug. 8,
Garre dismissed 31
members of the military,
four of them generals,
for the same reason.
A total of 44 military
units and 90 civilian
suppliers of the army
have been involved in
corruption cases. They
are accused of
defrauding the national
government of more than
70 million Argentine
pesos (almost 25 million
U.S. dollars), according
to the Defense Ministry.
The accused were being
investigated for illegal
association, fraud
against the public
administration and
bribery, among other
crimes, according to the
ministry.
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