A Bariloche Civil Court judge ordered the preventive embargo on the salary and half bonus of the national representative of La Libertad Avanza, Lorena Villaverdeas part of a claim for damages in connection with the alleged Non-delivery of land sold in the Rio Negro resort of Las Grutas.
The decision was accepted by the judge Santiago Moranresponsible for the Civil Court Division No. 3 of this city, who ordered the precautionary measure to be blocked in the state legislative assembly of the parliamentarian until the sum of 40.5 million US dollars was reachedAmount demanded by the person claiming to be the buyer of the property.
According to documents included in the case The complainant claims that he acquired the property through a purchase agreement with attested signatures.without ever having taken possession of the land. In this context, he brought a main action for damages for the alleged breach of contract and also demanded payment of compensation for the use of the property. Despite the ordered measure, the file is still being processed by the state judiciary.
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In justifying his decision, Judge Morán assumed that the legal requirements for ordering the embargo were met at this initial stage of the procedure. proven when assessing the plausibility of the asserted right and the danger that a possible delay in processing the claim would entail.
Villaverde, who had to give up her seat as senator last December 3rd after he was faced with a case related to drug trafficking in the United Statesdid not hold any public demonstrations after the court ruling was announced.
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The same statement says: The judge decided to report the measure to the nation’s Chamber of Deputieswith instructions to maintain the discounts “until the withholdings fully cover the stated amounts.” He also ordered that the discounted funds be deposited into a judicial account at Banco Patagonia and ordered that compliance be “under warning.”.
In other cases with similar characteristics, Villaverde – in her role as developer of the real estate companies – claimed this Delays in the delivery of batches are associated with delays typical of the pandemicwhich would have extended the timelines for completion of the promised infrastructure.
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The plaintiff, for his part, presented witness statements in support of his claim, including statements from people who claimed to have knowledge of the purchase and sale transaction. and the statement as to who would have acted as an intermediary in the payment of the installments paid in cash.
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The case is not the only one in which Representative Villaverde is involved due to alleged irregularities in the real estate business. Another lawsuit filed by a second complainant seeking damages for a similar situation is being processed in the courts of San Antonio Oeste. In this case, the intervening judge has not yet ordered a protective measure, although judicial sources estimate that this is the case could make it in early 2026.
In this second case, the embargo request aims to guarantee $31 million. The total claim is $100 millionwhen it comes to concepts related to moral harm and punitive sanctions.
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The lawsuit relates to the “Tajamar” project in Las Grutas, where The plaintiff claims to have purchased a 465.80 square meter property valued at $1,650,000 in 2020paid by a deposit and financing of the remaining amount in 120 monthly installments.
“Despite the time that has passed and the payments made, The defendant never fulfilled its contractual obligations. “It has neither carried out the agreed works nor initiated a deed process for the property,” says the court document submitted to the courts in Rio Negro.
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