Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi confirmed Thursday that José Luis Espet traveled, at least, in 35 occasions in companies belonging to Fred Machadothe entrepreneur linked to drug trafficking. This happened during the 2019 presidential campaign.
The national deputy and current candidate in the province of Buenos Aires is investigated in a case that originated in 2021. In that context, the judge took a series of testimonial statements as evidence and concluded that this had been the use of aircraft.
In addition, also this Thursday was confirmed An international transfer of USD 200,000 allocated to sistercarried out through the Bank of America, from a business corporation linked to Machado.
The documentation was disseminated by the newspaper The nationwhich agreed to it from official databases of the United States. The document is part of the evidence in the trial against Debra Mercer-Erwin, Machado’s partner, which was made 2023. The figure coincides exactly with the amount revealed during the weekend.
In the middle of the crisis, in a recorded message he published almost at midnight this Thursday in his networksEspert tried to separate the payment of USD $ 200,000 of the electoral campaign, noting that it had been made within the framework of his “private activity.” He argument is incredible. It would be a “advance” by a consultancy that never came to make. At the same time, he confirmed that Fred Machado was one of the contributors to his 2019 campaign. What the deputy cannot explain are the 35 trips in airplanes belonging to companies of the businessman linked to the narco.
Did you hit a 200 thousand dollars changuita, charged in advance and did not do the job? https://t.co/ybj1qmaqcz
– Nicolas del Caño (@nicolasdelcano) October 3, 2025
The message was decided after the scandal grew throughout the day. On Wednesday night, interviewed by Pablo Rossi, Espert had given explanations that did not convince anyone. He Milei’s candidate did not want to answer a simple question: whether or not he received $ 200,000 from Federico “Fred” Machadoentrepreneur who is serving house prison in Viedma for a cause linked to drug trafficking in the United States. Instead of saying “no”, he tried to divert the focus towards what he described as a “dirty campaign.”
Espert cannot simply answer that he did not charge money from the narcos. He disguises him as a dirty campaign, but if he does not want that to be the discussion, he could simply say “no.” The theme … is that it cannot. pic.twitter.com/vcAZnu9x0k
– The newspaper (@IZYDIARIOS) October 2, 2025
The scandal exploded after revealing that Hurt had received at least USD 200,000 in campaign contributions by a conglomerate linked to Federico “Fred” Machado. It is an imputed rionegrino businessman in the US for integrating drug trafficking and money laundering networks. Machado was arrested in 2021 and has house arrest in Viedma. He created the Aircraft Guarantee Corp trust with Debra Mercer-Erwin, which was sentenced to 16 years in Texas. That trust served to wash drug trafficking funds.
The scandal revived the Complaints of the Left Front. This Wednesday, during the meeting of the Budget Commission of the Lower House, the national deputy Christian Castillo requested the removal of sister of the presidency of that commission. He also recalled that the left -handed bench had already requested his removal in 2024 for his openly favorable statements to repression, speaking of “cook the ball” for those who claim against the adjustment.
The crisis of Government is huge. At the same time that corruption scandals grow, political tensions scale. It is necessary Use that weakness to defeat the set of your adjustment planbetting on the widest mobilization, fighting to impose on the CGT that breaks the scandalous truce and summon a national strike and a struggle plan that continues to the general strike, the only means of defeating the entire ongoing attack.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
