Submarine incident San juanThe sinking in 2017 that caused 44 deaths is undergoing a new turning point. Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri briefly appeared before a judge on Thursday, October 28. The judge wanted to hear his allegations of espionage against agents of the victims’ families. San juan.
The former president and center-right opposition leader appeared before a magistrate in Dolores, 200 kilometers south of Buenos Aires.About an hour later, the hearing was suspended: Mr. Macri’s lawyer, Pablo Lanusse, explained that the court “No[ait] Have no right to remove information secrets in order to [son client] Can deposit”.
No new hearing date was communicated, but according to lawyers, “The judge’s hostility and ambition to prosecute Mr. Macri before the mid-November election is obvious.”. At the end of the morning, when Mr. Macri arrived in court, he addressed more than a hundred supporters, condemning the politically charged procedure and accusing him of power“With tragedy [lui] harm”, In the election campaign.
Mr. Macri, 62, was summoned as part of a preliminary investigation led by Judge Martin Bawa, when the head of state investigated him. “Omniscience” Follow-up actions carried out by the intelligence service on the crew’s family members.
Family members under surveillance
submarine San juan It disappeared in the South Atlantic in November 2017, 400 kilometers off the coast of Patagonia. A year later, the sunken ship was located at a depth of 900 meters, against the wishes of the family, and could never re-float. According to the Navy, the 1983 submersible implosion due to a technical failure.
When the tragedy happened, the family launched a fierce campaign to understand the fate of the submarine. They claimed to be under surveillance, phone tapping and intimidation. As part of the same investigation, legal proceedings have been filed against two former intelligence chiefs.
“We hope Macri (…) Will tell us the truth about why we are being illegally monitored”Luis Tagliapietra, the father of a missing submarine crew member and the plaintiff’s lawyer, told AFP.spy “More than this”, According to him.
Mr. Macri, who tried to challenge Judge Bawa, said he was afraid “bias”, Strongly deny “Never monitor or ask us to monitor the family”. “We are calm. We know what we did and our kindness”, He repeated it, Thursday.
Since being summoned in early October, he has always claimed to be “persecution” Politically, in the context of part of the legislative election campaign held in less than a month. In the mid-term, the government of President Alberto Fernandez (center left) believes that its majority in the Senate is threatened.