Lucia Salinas
09/08/2020 - 9:10
Clarín.com
Politics
After four and a half years in prison, the operation in charge of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which depends on the Ministry of Justice, failed to finalize the order of the Federal Oral Court 4 (TOF 4) for Lázaro Báez to begin with his house arrest.
The neighbors' blockade of the access to the private neighborhood of Pilar ended with four unsuccessful attempts and violent scenes, which led to the withdrawal of SPF mobiles - one of them damaged - and finally, businessman K had to spend the night in the jail.
This Tuesday at 9.30 a.m. online, the judges are expected to listen to the lawyers' proposals, probably looking for another address to enforce the judicial resolution.
In
red jacket, jeans, shoes and chinstrap
, Lázaro Báez left Monday afternoon Ezeiza Penitentiary, even with the handcuffs placed.
There he had entered on April 6, 2016 within the framework of the cause known as the K-money route and during all these years, he remained in Pavilion 6, Cell 8, as part of a program created by Mauricio Macri's management to prisoners in corruption cases.
His release from prison was unsuccessful.
After 9:30 p.m., after four unsuccessful attempts by the Penitentiary Service staff, who went to the country of Pilar on two mobiles -one of them transferring businessman K-, they
had to return to the prison
from which they had managed to leave.
Neighbors of the country of Pilar did not allow Lázaro Báez to enter to comply with the house arrest.
The custody of one of the vans for the transfer.
Photo Rafael Mario Quinteros.
Visibly annoyed
by the situation, as they confided to
Clarín
in his environment, Lázaro Báez entered the Penitentiary Hospital around midnight where they carried out various check-ups and when it had been decided that it was better for him to spend the night in one of the hospital beds, the Owner of Grupo Austral asked to return to his former cell: he
wanted to spend the night with his son Martín
, imprisoned for money laundering a year and a half ago.
It is not confirmed that you have been granted the order.
The situation was monitored by the Oral Federal Court 4 (TOF 4) that has Báez at its disposal and that until this Monday, had opposed granting the benefit of house arrest.
However, it
was the Chamber of Cassation that ordered that it be ruled in this regard
, understanding that in one of the cases for money laundering and already brought to trial, since March the former business partner of Cristina Kirchner had a moderation of his arrest.
The situation had another seasoning.
Economic.
The TOF 4 argued that Báez to leave prison,
had to pay a millionaire bail
(it started over 600 million pesos and then dropped to 368 million).
His defense insisted that he did not have that money available and demanded house arrest.
They granted it but the neighbors were the ones who stopped him from entering.
Pilar's house
The property Báez tried to go to,
valued at US $ 500,000
, belongs to Badial SA, one of the 20 companies owned by Austral Construcciones.
The place was analyzed as a destination by the Monitoring Program that depends on the Ministry of Justice, in whose report it was determined that the conditions were in place for Báez to carry out his house arrest there.
Likewise, a socio-environmental study was carried out in that property, detailing the characteristics of the place, its conditions, as well as who will be the guarantor of his arrest there.
Is there the possibility of setting another address?
The Court will analyze the suggestions made by the defense.
If you choose another of the
1,412 properties that entrepreneur K owns
, it must be analyzed again to verify that the property complies with the judicial requirements and thus, make the house arrest effective.
While the situation is resolved, Lázaro Báez will continue in the Ezeiza Prison.
Like four and a half years ago.
