For many years, the brothers Claudio and Marcelo Tortol, then in charge of the local subsidiary of Securitas, deployed a flexible system of bribes to open doors in the state. most 100,000 conversations Which were salvaged from businessmen’s phones that he had access to NationShe reveals that the maneuver will involve the former governor of Entre Gustavo Bordet. There are 98 direct signals. They talk about specific meetings, provide figures on alleged illegal payments, and even mention a real estate deal.
Conversations between the Turtole brothers began in December 2016 and continued until April 2024, when the phones were hijacked. In total there are 25,557 pages filled with conversations, audio recordings and images obtained through the Israeli Cellebrite system.
References to alleged payments to the former governor begin in 2017. “It’s not bad to be first with just a small lead. Because we’re going from water to black. We’re looking good with Bordet. We’re running a big electricity company” (SIC), Claudio Turtole wrote on March 7 of that year.
Many of the references to Burdette refer to the business relationship between Securitas and the energy company Entre Ríos (Enersa). But there are also references to other works. “I’m telling you that Bourdet gave our consent to contact Arisco. Hippodromo on his behalf.”“says a message from April 2017.
“Taincho” will be Daniel Carbonell, one of the Tornell brothers’ associates, who is used to direct bribes. “Aresco” will be the former mayor of Paraná, Sergio Varisco.
The former Parana Hippodrome is a huge property located on one of the main streets of that city. A shopping center was to be built and finally some small projects were built. The Tourtole brothers would have kept part of that land.
Varisco’s name appears again in June of that year. “I told him to contact Varisco Bordet x Hippodrome to help us out so Marisa and I could buy it, and he just contacted me to name it Bordet.“, wrote Claudio Turtol.
That conversation ends with the alleged reference to former Senator Edgardo Cueder, who is under house arrest in Paraguay. “Another space issue. Please prepare the document, I have already spoken to the Turkish Commander (I don’t know how to spell it) who will be in charge of this. He knows why he was in harmony.”can be read in thread messages. Those close to the former senator confirm that this conversation removes doubts about his alleged connection to bribery with Enrsa.
For judicial investigators, the conversation had probative value because Kouider was the representative of Entre Rios’ shares in Enersa and was “entitled to be present and to vote.”
In September 2017, Claudio Tortole spoke to his brother about an alleged encounter with Burdett at the social club he headed: “Today I’m having dinner with Burdett at the club. There I have some news so we can lower the decibels a little bit. Please give me something to tell him.”
After the chats were revealed, the former governor confirmed that they were indirect references to him, and only admitted to knowing Claudio Tortol for his role as president of the rowing club.
There are messages that show a closer relationship. On June 7, 2017, Claudio Tortole told his brother: “I’m going with Burdett’s wife and Taenchu to see a country house. If it succeeds we should buy it and rent it to them at a high price. And facing another kind of relationship. We have to hurry. “In the next three years let’s make a lot of money and retire.”
Indeed, the maneuver extended over time. Only in 2020 did Securitas denounce the bribery scheme in court.
When prosecuting those responsible for the maneuver, Federal Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado identified them as “the primary recipients of bribes.” Jose Gervasio LaporteHe was identified in dozens of chats as “El Negro” (former head of the Provincial Legal and Technical Secretariat and member of the ENERSA Supervisory Committee); Alejandro Cees (Director of Enersa) and Marcelo Morales (Director of Legal Affairs of Enersa).
In November 2018, the Turtole family evaluated whether it was appropriate for them to remove an interviewer: “I was talking to Taincho about how to use Negro as an interviewer with Bordet instead because he’s there every day. Go directly to us from time to time and talk to him. “I still want to run to the nigger.”
After Laporte’s death, in July 2020, the Tortole brothers effectively changed intermediaries and began mentioning “Hugo”, which would be Hugo Balay, the former Minister of Economy of Entre Ríos. Also appearing on the scene is the figure of Ramiro Caminos, who was a trustee of Enersa and in 2021 replaced Jorge González as president of the company at the behest of Burdette.
Of the 98 direct references to Burdette, the vast majority came from Claudio Turtole’s phone number. His brother Marcelo did not have a good impression of the ruler: “Marisa for me is right. I don’t know why it goes to the press. Burdette seems kind of stupid to me with the things he does. But he is the ruler.” He opened in chat.
Messages related to bribes
In 2019, there were several messages between the Tourtole brothers indicating the alleged delivery of money to Burdett.“He told me I should take this money to Burdette. I should ask Gonzalez to leave. But he told me to either kill or be killed.”Claudio told his brother on June 5.
A week after that letter, the Tourtole brothers talked about an alleged sum of money that would be intended for Burdett. For the first time a specific number appears: “On Thursday we’ll pay the nigger Burdette. 1.1 million. “I hope they pay their June bill in full on the day the bill is issued.”
On October 1 of that year, in another exchange of letters, it was mentioned how the bribery scheme was formed. There are unusual details such as mention of “social work” and “hotel” expenses.
Bourdais, Laporte, Gonzalez and others appear in the structure: “I’ll give you more in five figures about what the ten or so ENERSA suits will look like. The politicians who confront us. 4,000,000 (Bourdet/Negro/Gonz/Charlie/Ces/Marcelo M/Aldana/Ramiro/Daniel/Vos/I) I participated in Grun. “Plus 200 lacs (social work expenses, hotels, etc.)”
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