Argentina Claims
Money-Bag Proof from USA
The Argentinian justice
demanded on Tuesday that
INTERPOL requests
information from the US
police about the
statements by four
detainees in Miami, in
relation to a bag with
$800,000 seized in
August.
Local judicial sources,
quoted by Telam, an
official news agency,
said the demand refers
to supposed declarations
by those accused, about
where in Argentina that
moeny would be sent, to
include them in the
trial for charges in
this respect.
Extradition of Guido
Atonini Wilson, the
money-bag carrier, who
used a US pasport to
return to his home in
Miami after the first
inquiries when the
incident happened, had
been requested from
Washington three months
ago.
This person, identified
as a businesman, who is
pending for trial in
Atrgentina, for
smuggling and money
laundering, is now a
witness protected by the
Federal Bureau of
Investiations.
The Artgentinnian
justice will make the
request in adiplomatic
way, and it is currently
in the translation
process, Telam said.
The news a gency
highlighted that the
trial judge, Maria Marta
Novatti, is issuing
another information
request, directly from
the United States, about
the origin of the money,
starting from the
numbers on the bills in
the Argentinian
authorities" hands.
This way, they will be
able to determine a key
clue, still unrevealed,
which consists of
knowing if the $800,000
were withdrew from any
US bank or financial
institution by Atonini
Wilson or any other
person related to the
case.
Buenos Aires is
requesting all te
information about the
four detainees"
statements, and
confirmation of leaks to
the media.
Telam asserted that the
objective is "to attach
that evidence to the
file of the trial in
Argentina, and
eventually ask for
subpoenas, based o that
investigation line,"
according to the judges
in charge of the case.
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