As corruption probe grows, Macri allies feel the heat
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
As corruption probe grows, Macri allies feel the heat
By Nicolás Misculin
Reuters
Báez probe threatens to expand to president’s cousin
A judicial probe of possible corruption during Argentina’s last government is also threatening the new administration as some of President Mauricio Macri’s own allies face investigation.
Macri took over as president in December from outgoing leftist Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, pledging to root out corruption as well as implement sweeping market-friendly economic reforms.
Investigations have already led to the arrest of a CFK ally and landed the former president in court for questioning. But now questions are also being asked of some close to Macri, threatening to taint his image.
Iecsa, a construction firm that is part of the Macri family empire and controlled by his cousin Ángel Calcaterra, is one of nearly 100 companies in Argentina being investigated as part of Brazil’s growing “Operation Car Wash” scandal, an Argentine judicial source close to the case told Reuters.
The source did not provide specifics of the Iecsa case, but the “Car Wash” probe has focused on kickbacks and other irregularities in bloated contracts at state oil firm Petrobras.
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