Tomorrow at 10:30am local time the court case starts that arose from near U$800,000 carried into Argentina by Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson. Dubbed "Valijagate" (suitcasegate) by a sadly cliché-ridden local press, the USA will try to prove that a guy named Franklin Duran was acting as a foreign agent or something. Apparently he went to see Antonini Wilson in Miami and told him to keep schtum about the money and where it came from and where it was going. Three others have already copped a guilty plea to keep their noses out of the scene, but Duran is determined to have his day in court.
Although the actual accusations of the case are one thing, the real interest is bound to be generated when people piece to together the (so far hinted) accusations that the $800k was smuggled into Argentina on Chávez's orders to help the Kirchners with Klishtina's election campaign. Klishtina emphatically denied this at the time, so it looks like something's got to give. Why this is coming up in a US court of law is a little beyond me, but hey!....way of the world, no? By the way, we'll have plenty of time to chew over the case, as it's due to last a month. Plenty of time for thoe who wish to froth at the mouth about Chávez&Co to do so.
To wrap this up I'll leave you with a little gallery of images that include Antonini Wilson (the fat dude), the actual physical U$800,000 in question on the day it was confiscated by Argentine customs, and Wilson posing with the accused Duran and what could be two kind ladies that keep houses clean in well-to-do Miami (though I'm not sure).
Although the actual accusations of the case are one thing, the real interest is bound to be generated when people piece to together the (so far hinted) accusations that the $800k was smuggled into Argentina on Chávez's orders to help the Kirchners with Klishtina's election campaign. Klishtina emphatically denied this at the time, so it looks like something's got to give. Why this is coming up in a US court of law is a little beyond me, but hey!....way of the world, no? By the way, we'll have plenty of time to chew over the case, as it's due to last a month. Plenty of time for thoe who wish to froth at the mouth about Chávez&Co to do so.
To wrap this up I'll leave you with a little gallery of images that include Antonini Wilson (the fat dude), the actual physical U$800,000 in question on the day it was confiscated by Argentine customs, and Wilson posing with the accused Duran and what could be two kind ladies that keep houses clean in well-to-do Miami (though I'm not sure).
Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson
Antonini Wilson shows his tea drinking pinkie works just fine
Ever wondered what nearly $800k looks like?
Franklin Duran with Guido and friends