The Uruguayan justice has deferred the definition of the trial of the trade unionist Marcelo Balcedo

It will take another month to know the fate of Argentine trade unionist Marcelo Balcedo (55) and his wife, Paola Fiege (34). Both are accused of money laundering in Uruguay and an extradition request from Argentina is pending. Yesterday, Balcedo told a TV channel that she was totally innocent and he was defined as an "entrepreneurial engineer who became a trade unionist" who, at age 32, already had $ 15 million in badets.

The prosecutor's office has required 11 years in prison for the trade unionist and 10 years for his wife. If the judge accepts the prosecutor's request, once he has discharged that sentence, can be extradited to Argentina.

Organized crime judge María Helena Mainard decided to extend her resolution for a month because the defendants and their lawyers would not have been informed in time and formed a copy of the charge laid by the accusation against the accused. The prosecutor denied it and appealed the judge's decision. Now the 30 days are up for the defense of the president of the Union of Workers and Employees of Education and Minorities (Soeme).

Balcedo, like Fiege, they are badigned at home while the final judgment is dictated. The charge against the prosecution range from smuggling to arms trafficking through money laundering.

The Argentine trade unionist was arrested in Piriápolis on January 4, 2018 as a result of a request from Argentina he is accused of unlawful badociation in economic crimes.

Balcedo lies in the present in his mansion El Gran Chaparral located in the seaside resort of Playa Verde, near Piriápolis and Punta del Este.

In statements to channel 10 of Uruguay, he said that he had been sent to Argentine justice as "false and misleading", according to which he wished to flee Uruguay for Paraguay, this who had motivated his request for capture in 2018. He had qualified as "engineer businessman became a trade unionist" to continue the tradition of his father.

Asked about his fortune, Balcedo said that "At 32, he already had a wealth of 15 million dollars" and argued that the cash seized in Uruguay contained bundles of the BROU state and Argentine banks, which were legal funds borrowed from banks and kept in safes, as he argued "I remember the 2001 banking crisis."