New investigation request against Milani: accused of bribery in the purchase of bridges with a company in the United States

The prosecutor Alejandra Mangano asked today the investigation of the former head of the army Cesar Milani, Arrested and Prosecuted for Illicit Enrichment and Causes of Humanity, for alleged acts of Corruption engaged with a company in the United States. As indicated in Infobae judicial sources,We believe that Milani has issued a tender for the purchase of modular bridges in the amount of approximately $ 1.5 million for the benefit of Acrow.

But also the prosecutor asked Further investigate other purchases made between 2013 and 2015 through the US Military Attaché, as they exceed US $ 50 million because there could be more irregularities.

Meanwhile, at the request of the Argentine justice system, the US is also investigating Milani in a case involving the federal judge sitting in Washington, DC Deborah Robinson

Milani has held between 2013 and 2015 the position of Chief of Staff of the Army. He knew how to promote the human rights policy of the Government of Cristina Kirchner but fI have been accused of cloaking and ideological lie for the disappearance of a soldier, Alberto Agapito Ledo, in 1976 to Tucumán Also for the torments suffered by a father and his son in La Rioja.

Now, Milani faces another cause as a result of the anonymous denunciation that has motorized this cause and that says that "Milani would have ordered the purchase of this bridge because there would be a negotiation that would have a return for that". There, he realized that in November 2014 the army bought the American company "Acrow Corporation of America" movable bridges which are usually used when there is flooding. According to this complaint, the prices paid were not published by customs; "Acrow" has allegations of corruption in several countries and the signature was chosen directly without price confirmation.

"It is suspected that they have tried to take advantage of the company Acrow Corporation of America, a private company based in this country via a tender first granted powers to the US military attache to allow him to hire the company Arrow, "he wrote to the prosecutor in the notice with which he was in agreement Infobae. In the case, it had already been determined that the Army had purchased from the company a "modular and accessory metal panel bridge" worth 1500 USD per module. The total value of the operation was 1.5 million USD.

According to the tax hypothesis, Milani, as head of the army, dictated the resolution 1936-1914 or "changed skills authorize and approve contracts for the acquisition of goods and services "and establish new powers of approval for contractual acts a higher number than the one that was in effect until now. He then signed an agreement to acquire modular metal panels and accessories and recommended to buy it in the United States. And later, recruitment was approved.

These circumstances have become "one of the pillars of imputation"." The criminal responsibility of the accused persons is presented as a sequence of Three steps: the existence of a special interest Lieutenant General Milani tends to direct the purchase to a particular tenderer and the administrative decisions taken to this effect call procedure of offers correctly screened the exceptions e inconsistencies and straightened to favor the business Acrow and finally the effective allocation of supply to the company in question, "he warned.

For the prosecutor, "it's not a coincidence"that this form was used, while" the system and the regulation of the contracts abroad could be used at the discretion of the authorities of the Argentinean army "by taking advantage"some reduction of the control system of public acts, because these are badets that constitute national defense and are executed almost entirely and right abroad"

Investigation of the crime of incompatible negotiations with the public service to understand that Milani and Brocco, "By favoring the company Acrow with the result of the call for tenders, they deprived the state of the opportunity to obtain a best offer and finally a better the quality acquired bridges ".

Also the fiscal recommended that the Ministry of Defense be informed of the facts of the case in order to carry out an audit of "information provided by the Defense and United States Defense Attaché in the United States concerning contractual acts between 2013 and 2015 in which US military attache exceeding the $ 50 million "and allows to suspect the existence of other irregularities.