Muñoz's widow has confessed to bribing the judge who should examine them

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They have been an earthquake for politics and the business world, but their blows are also reaching justice. Carolina Pochetti, the widow of Daniel Muñoz, admitted that the former private secretary of Néstor Kirchner paid a bribe to federal judge Luis Rodríguez in exchange for his profit in a case because he had been able to rebuild
THE NATION between five judicial sources.

Pochetti explained in her confession to the prosecutor Carlos Stornelli that her husband had paid Judge Rodriguez $ 1 million to support him in a case, the sources said. Judge Claudio Bonadio, who had already accepted this testimony in the case, would take various measures in the coming hours following the declaration of the widow of Muñoz, the man who would have received the bags loaded with money by order of Kirchner.

Pochetti gave more details about the operation in his confession. Over the past few hours, it has become an open secret among judges, prosecutors and lawyers who walk the corridors of Comodoro Py. The widow of Muñoz said the payments had been made by an intermediary who was among the defendants of the bribe books, also from the environment of Daniel Muñoz, said a source with access to these confessions.

On consultation with
THE NATION, Rodriguez's environment, denied Pochetti's accusation and considered it an "informal" complaint. They also stated that the judge was not informed in any way about any measures concerning him. Although they noticed that the magistrate is still complaining that he has not arrested Muñoz and Pochetti.

Judge Rodríguez benefited from Muñoz's marriage in two cases. First, in July 2015, he rejected them in the case that had opened an investigation into the statements of Kirchner's former private secretary, Miriam Quiroga, who had claimed to have seen that his colleague carried bags of money for his boss.

But Rodriguez again intervened in another cause after
THE NATION this will reveal that the former private secretary appeared in the Panama Papers and also favored the defendants with key decisions. Despite repeated requests by prosecutor Stornelli to arrest him, the judge accepted a request for a prison waiver presented by Pochetti's defense. While the magistrate badured them freedom, the environment of Muñoz allowed to transfer the 70 million US dollars which were abroad: they sold the properties through the intermediary of a group of prominent men, who are now under investigation by the court.

In October, the Federal Chamber invited Judge Rodriguez of this case to consider that it had repeatedly benefited Muñoz. Judges Martín Irurzun and Leopoldo Bruglia also recalled that Rodriguez had opposed Stornelli's orders to freeze bank accounts in the United States, even though it was proven that the funds were moving, with the risk of their disappearance.

In repealing this decision, the Federal Chamber paved the way for the detention of Judge Bonadio in the bribebooks of Pochetti and other members of the Muñoz environment. Many of them repented and confessed to the maneuvers made to hide the funds while they were free.

The decisions that benefited Muñoz and his family cost Rodriguez two indictments to the Judicial Council following the allegations of Elisa Carrió and Ricardo Monner Sans, both of them still active in the majority group. These accusations could take a new impetus after the confession of Pochetti.

Rodriguez was appointed a federal judge of first instance in 2012. His landing at Comodoro Py was wounded: he was accused of cheating on examination during his job application. The test that the Conseil de la magistrature subjected him to was a failure whose case had been requested a few weeks ago before the court to subrogate itself.

In addition, his appointment was challenged by human rights organizations such as the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for their alleged irregularities and for their alleged hobby of collecting Nazi artifacts. Rodríguez stated that he was in fact a collector of works of the Second World War.

For his appointment, he had the support of Javier Fernández, the judicial operator of Kirchnerism who managed the sons of justice for years. Fernández is the godfather of Rodríguez's daughter and promoted his appointment as a judge. Rodriguez 's contacts with the world of intelligence extend to the well – known spy Jaime Stiuso, who is sponsoring his other son.