An official in the former government of President Cristina Fernandez who was arrested as he allegedly tried to hide $9 million in cash at an Argentine monastery has been transferred to a local hospital.
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He was caught throwing suitcases over a wall into the garden of an old monastery now inhabited by nuns, Buenos Aires district security minister Cristian Ritondo told reporters on Tuesday.
Authorities discovered luxury watches and over $7 million (6.24 million euros) in cash, said Dario Kubar, the mayor of General Rodriguez, where Lopez was arrested.
Other money had been taken to the monastery kitchen and some was found in the boot of a auto. Police initially detained him for possession of a.22 caliber rifle.
“He later told the nuns that police had tried to steal the money that he was trying to donate”, Mr Ritondo said.
Lopez had millions in cash and seemed ready to travel anywhere in the world, since numerous world’s currencies were represented in his stash: dollars, euros, yen, and Qatari riyal. “It’s a lot of money”.
Marcos Pena is Cabinet chief for President Mauricio Macri. “He led public works. where we saw so much daily corruption”.
Mr Macri recently vetoed a bill that would ban layoffs in the public and private sectors, saying that it threatened to scare off badly needed investment. “It was specifically asked for by them, so we are very surprised by what happened afterwards and that the Pope was not informed”. Analysts say that has emboldened judges who are now freer to pursue sensitive cases against the former leader and her friends without fear of retribution.
Judges have been investigating several former officials for money-laundering.
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Argentina’s inflation numbers have been in doubt since 2007, when President Cristina Fernandez’s late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner, had political appointees change the agency’s methodology.
