As part of a case led by the Federal Judge of Lomas de Zamora, the offices of the Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service have been searched in the last hours. Fernando Julian Martínezbecause of alleged ties to companies that provide food for prisoners that are proven to be in poor condition.
According to the agency Argentine Newsthe federal judge Federico Villena was the one who ordered the raids suspected of a “Vulnerable cartelization” of the food supply service in Ezeiza Prison using front companies that would be used to avoid sanctions if one of the providers had to leave due to complaints about their services.
As a striking detail of the procedure is It was stated that Martínez had escaped the confiscation of his cell phone. explain that “I misplaced it” a while before the raid. Such a situation led investigators to suspect that he may have received notification of this impending legal action.
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A technical report revealed that the last signal from the “lost” cell phone hit an antenna in Barracas an hour before the raidThere are therefore suspicions that Martínez received a leak and destroyed the device so that it would not end up in the hands of the justice system.
ANMAT verified contaminated food
The cause cited by Villena has its origins on complaints about food in poor condition served to prisoners in Ezeiza Prison, where expert reports ANMAT they actually confirmed it “the presence of bacteria such as Escherichia coli in quantities unsuitable for human consumption.”
After Foodrush was banned from continuing to do business, the judge found that the new borrower, Bio Limp, used the same trucks, the same employees and even billed the sanctioned company millions of dollarswhich leads us to suspect that it could be a simple front by the sanctioned traders. Judge Villena said he came to prove personal the food served to prisoners who suffered decompensation “Because it was vomit.”
Appointed in March 2024
Fernando Martínez took over the leadership of the SPF in March 2024 after being appointed by the then Minister of Security. Patricia Bullrich. This area had come out of the orbit of the USA by decision of the government of Javier Milei Ministry of Justice to Ministry of Security in December 2023.
Another strange fact that the investigation revealed is that Martínez was traveling in a van on behalf of Enrique “Quique” Antequeraone of the leaders of the La Salada fair who is on the run from justice.
Although Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona requested the cancellation of the operation, Villena would have the support of the current security minister, Alejandra Monteolivain a campaign aimed at exposing the alleged actions of “mafias who have been entrenched in the prison system for many years.”
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