An investigation in Argentina, initially pointing to irregularities related to a trip to Baku solely to watch Franco Colapinto's race, paid for with secret funds, but which actually exposes a much larger political move: the attempt to weaken Santiago Caputo, blamed by the Karinist faction for the institutional deterioration of the agency and some controversial appointments. Sources in the area analyze that the order to initiate the summary would not have arisen spontaneously. And, for almost two months, the epicenter of the quake has been the same: the bizarre trip to Baku that Total News Agency revealed exclusively on October 3, presented humorously because such an absurdity—three intelligence officials traveling to a Formula 1 race under the pretext of 'meetings with allied agencies'—could only be told from the absurd. Now, that extravagant episode has become the key to a much deeper power struggle. Three men from SIDE, an impossible mission in Azerbaijan, and Colapinto a victim of Albon. According to sources, José Lago Rodríguez, the administrative undersecretary of SIDE, is reportedly being subjected to an internal summary by the Division of Internal Affairs (DAI), led by Cristian Auguadra. This point further aggravates the peculiarity of the summary: if the trip is actually being investigated, the head of Internal Affairs himself should audit his own son. TNA reported it when no one dared to mention it, and today that episode returns to the scene not as a joke, but as proof of an internal struggle that has not ended and is only beginning to show its depth. A paradox that can only be explained in a scenario of fierce internal struggles, not administrative responsibility. The 'Baku case,' which TNA exposed with humor but also with evidence, has now become a political weapon. This is, in essence, a preventive maneuver by the political sector aligned with Karina Milei to act before the Congressional bicameral on intelligence— which has so far maintained a striking silence—begins to demand formal explanations. Karina Milei and her political table, which form a compact block in this internal struggle, asked him to remain in his post; the idea would be to wear down the 'Magician of the Kremlin.' 'We have to act before they act from outside,' a high-ranking official with an office in Balcarce 50 summarized for TNA. In the background, the trip to Baku—which in October seemed like a picturesque anecdote—has transformed into the rift that exposed the real threads of power within Argentine intelligence. Translated: it is better to 'investigate' from within than to be summoned from outside. All this analysis stems from the fact that it is the son of Cristian Auguadra who indeed traveled to Baku along with the director of the SIA, Alejandro Colombo, and Lago Rodríguez. As this medium revealed on November 16, the head of SIDE, Sergio Neifert, presented his resignation, which was not accepted in the Casa Rosada, after refusing the Caputist proposal, presented by Lago Rodríguez, to share the seat and decisions with him. That October 3rd chronicle, where TNA ironized about 'SIDE exporting talent to Azerbaijan to protect Colapinto from the attacks of Alex Albon,' ended up being the uncomfortable document that no one could sweep under the rug. Meanwhile, the agency remains in a state of latency. That is why the summary appears as a surgical move: it does not seek to punish an official, but to weaken the structure that Caputo installed within SIDE, once Neifert, after informing Karina Milei about the origin of the famous 3% versions, which would have been organized by the advisor, now disgraced and, according to sources, about to take some time off in an 'anti-stress' clinic given that the pressure led him to self-medicate with some non-recommended substance. An internal message, directed at a sector that is now under review and in the crosshairs of the bicameral on intelligence. An attempt to support him not out of adherence, but to prevent Caputo from regaining full influence in the agency and government. Exclusive: The resignation of the Secretary of Intelligence accelerates the crisis in SIDE and revives the struggle for control of espionage. The trip—officially justified as 'cooperation and intelligence meetings'—was in reality a VIP excursion to a Formula 1 race, with luxury hotels and expenses paid from secret funds.
