Buenos Aires, November 29 (NA) -- Roberto Herrera, attorney for Víctor Manzanares—the historic kirchnerist accountant and a key witness in the "Notebooks Case"—provided new details about the illegal fundraising system that, according to cooperating witnesses, operated for years under the orbit of the Casa Rosada.
According to Herrera, Manzanares acted as a financial manager for Muñoz in the process of "laundering" funds, especially in Río Gallegos. "When you cross all the testimonies, they fit together like a puzzle," the lawyer stated.
The lawyer explained that this network included properties and operations both in the United States and Buenos Aires, many handled by other intermediaries who are not yet in the file. The portion that Muñoz kept was the one he later delivered to Manzanares to initiate its entry into the legal circuit through various money laundering mechanisms.
"Due to the amount of money circulating, it's impossible that there aren't more companies and front men who are still unidentified," Herrera affirmed. He also confirmed that Manzanares was aware of part of Muñoz's offshore scheme abroad, even before the Panama Papers scandal broke.
"There were investments of over 70 million dollars just in the United States," he said. He also provided a chilling detail: Muñoz had told Manzanares that he had at least two 'storage' units "full of money," used to hide millions in cash on U.S. soil.
One of the most significant was the nebulizer factory ANAP, a French company acquired for 34 million dollars. "The justice system had no idea that ANAP belonged to Muñoz," Herrera noted.
Daniel Muñoz, former private secretary to Néstor Kirchner, traveled every Friday to Río Gallegos with suitcases full of "black" money from the collection of bribes. Manzanares would pick him up at the airport, they would take the suitcases to the parents' house of Néstor. An hour later, he would leave with a bag for himself, containing two or three million dollars. The rest of the money remained in the family home.
"It's literally Breaking Bad," one of the interviewers compared, to which Herrera responded: "Exactly the same."
Regarding the role of Cristina Kirchner, Herrera avoided a categorical statement but left a firm definition: "That is what the justice system will determine."
