It was my first time traveling to Europe. His destination was the Italian city of Florenceafter a stop in Paris, France, where he had to deliver a special order that was in his bag. But he was unable to leave Ezeiza International Airport. Before he boarded the Air France plane, they discovered what he was carrying in his luggage: nine kilograms of cocaine hidden in 18 containers that simulated eating oatmeal..
Since last Monday, Liliana Isabel Aguilar Bahamonde, a 33-year-old Peruvian national, has been placed in pretrial detention on charges of attempted smuggling of drug exports, according to the decision of economic criminal judge Marcelo Aginski to which she was able to access. Nation.
Before traveling to Argentina, where he arrived on October 31, Aguilar Bahamonde was selling fried chicken at a stall on a beach in Peru.
His stay in Argentina was for one week. Last Friday, a taxi picked her up from the hotel where she was staying, at 700 Soipacha, in the San Nicolas neighborhood of Buenos Aires, and took her to Ezeiza International Airport.
“As it appears from the minutes of the beginning of the procedures prepared by the police investigations Airport security police (PSA) last Friday, along with employees of Customs collection and control agency (ARCA), in conditions of protective controls in Terminal B of Ezeiza International Airport, approached the customer service counters of Air France, They interviewed one of the passengers, who during the aforementioned questioning gave inconsistent answers“, as described in the court filing.
Aguilar Bahamonde was the passenger. I had a ticket to fly AF411 to Paris, France, with a connection to Florence, Italy. The Peruvian national was taken to the collection agency’s search room at the airport.
“The passenger’s belongings were searched. In the bag type carry In grey, several packages of oats were observed with differences in texture and weight. Therefore, a field examination of its contents was carried out, which showed a positive result for the presence of cocaine in 18 containers,” stated the aforementioned decision signed by Judge Aginski.
The suspect refused to testify during the investigation. She only said she had cysts on her ovaries and breasts. In addition, he provided the password to his cell phone so investigators could “unlock” it and analyze it.
“It must be emphasized that the role of the accused represents a strategic link in the criminal organization surrounding these events, which imposes the necessity of continuing the investigation into what happened before and perhaps after the arrest of Aguilar Bahamundi, in order to take the measures that will be ordered for this purpose. In accordance with the rules of healthy rational criticism and taking into account the manner in which the narcotic substance was found to be conditional, it can be said without a doubt that an attempt was made to hide its presence from this to censorship,” Judge Aginsky said in justifying the trial of the “mule” from the Customs Service, where it is Summons people used by drug trafficking organizations to attempt to smuggle drugs.
The judge explained that “if it is taken into account that the narcotic substance did not reach its intended destination and that this was due to the timely intervention of employees of the Public Security Service, it is possible to conclude that the incident investigated did not take place for reasons beyond the control of the author and that the classification he received is therefore an attempt.”
Investigators were surprised by the amount of cocaine that the criminal organization hid in the luggage that the suspect intended to ship. He said: “If it had been a test flight, the gang would not have risked taking nine kilograms of cocaine. The oat containers were tightly sealed. They probably thought they would not be discovered or that something would go wrong.” Nation A source involved in the investigation.
No information has been obtained from the kidnapped cell phone in the possession of the suspect, which would allow at present to identify senior officials of the organization.
The aforementioned circumstances allow us to conclude, with the necessary degree of certainty, at this stage of the process, the participation of the accused Aguilar Bahamonde in the fact investigated. The link to the illegal act is verified in the record based on a comprehensive analysis of the evidence detailed above, which allows us to reach the conviction with the degree of certainty required for this procedural stage of the participation of the named person in this act as the author of the communication,” Judge Aginski stated in his decision.
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