Chartered accountant Carmen Nadieska Álvarez, the fifth witness of the prosecutor’s office going before the first collegiate court in the national district, detailed yesterday the financial movements made by the companies of Ángel Rondón and Andrés Bautista, two of the six involved in the notorious case of bribery by the Brazilian company Odebrecht.
Nadieska Álvarez said her reports were based on audits of Lashan’s financial products, the Los Angeles Foreign Exchange Agency, Los Angeles Agroindustrial, Hacienda Los Angeles, ARMA and Conansa, all directed by Rondón and Andrés Bautista.
The court presided over by Judge Gissel Pérez Méndez postponed the hearing to Tuesday, at 9:00 am, to continue with the hearing of witness Nadieska Álvarez, who had been challenged by Rondón and Bautista’s defense, but the court rejected the motion.
The witness, whose testimony in the trial aims to present financial reports showing that both those named in the case committed irregular acts for the benefit of the Brazilian construction company, explained that, in the specific case of Lashan, there were “structured movements” in that case. company. .
He said that these transactions were not found in his banking transactions, but that the Attorney General’s Office was able to obtain them to structure a financial report.
Regarding the Los Angeles Exchange Agency, also owned by Rondón, he explained that specifically, two checks obtained by the institution come from the construction company Odebrecht “on behalf of other companies”, but with the resources used by the agency. exchange. Regarding Hacienda Los Ángeles, the expert pointed out that in that company the transfers were made between other companies from the same Rondón, making random financial movements.
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He said that “some relatives” of Jesús-Chu-Vásquez, the current Minister of Interior and Police, and Juan Roberto Rodríguez, former director of the National Institute of Drinking Water and Sewerage (INAPA), received checks from ARMA , owned by Ángel Rondón.
In order to confirm this information, the witness explained that she had received reports from the Superintendency of Banks in which all the financial movements of ARMA were specified, in which her checking accounts, savings and loans were analyzed.
“Among the recipients of the checks were his wife, some cousins, a person who appeared as a signatory in another company, a relative of one of those who were being investigated and a woman who is a relative of one of the defendants,” he said. Álvarez, immediately confirming that the relatives he referred to are related to Chu Vásquez and Rodríguez.
The witness confirmed this information because her statement was based on financial reports she had made to companies in Rondón in search of evidence to prove her relationship with the construction company Odebrecht.
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