The judicial case, known as 'La Camarita', is linked to the Argentine Chamber of Road Companies (CAEV). It alleges a cartelization scheme in public road works during the governments of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. According to the indictment presented by Prosecutor Carlos Stornelli, companies colluded on public tenders, price-fixing, and illegal kickbacks.
First, all evidence gathered during the investigation will be read. Documentation from public bodies, security forces, and private companies forms the backbone of the charge for alleged criminal association and bribery in public works. The evidence includes administrative reports, summonses, search warrants, audits, technological expert reports, corporate lists, public works records, and financial intelligence documents, among others.
A large portion of this evidence comes from an investigation of over 70 construction companies involved in road tenders between 2003 and 2015.
The court is also expected to read the defenses of former Public Works Secretary José López; financier Ernesto Clarens; former National Roads Administrator Guillermo Periotti; Roads officials Sandro Fergola and Sergio Passacantando; and business executives from Electroingeniería, Gerardo Ferreyra and Osvaldo Acosta.
Meanwhile, former Planning Minister Julio De Vido adopted a similar line of total rejection of the charges, denying he was part of a criminal conspiracy and dismissing the existence of an illegal fundraising system within his ministry.
Former President Cristina Kirchner had previously submitted a brief but emphatic document in which she flatly rejected the accusation, characterizing it as a 'lawfare' operation aimed at persecuting her politically.
