Rio Negro wanted by Interpol fell at Neuquén airport

A businessman from Viedma, in Río Negro, and living for years in the United States, was arrested Thursday at the Presidente Perón airport in Neuquén when a red alert from Interpol was issued demanding his capture.

The detainee has been identified as Federico Machado, 53, owner of South Aviation Inc. and Pampa Aircraft Financing based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

This accused of financing political campaigns in several countries, including Argentina. Plus they weigh against you large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering and electronic fraud charges.

According to sources consulted by LM Neuquen, the subject arrived on a flight that had the town of Neuquén as its final destination and that, when he boarded the plane, they learned his identity and the arrest warrant issued by Interpol.

For this reason, they immediately intervened the airport security police (PSA), responsible for arresting him and making him available to the federal justice.

February 24 He was accused by the United States government along with seven other people of being part of an organization which, between 2012 and December 18, 2020, conspired with drug traffickers in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Belize. , Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the United States.

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The medical file of “Fred” Machado

According to information gathered by Clarín, Machado not only appears in a colossal North American justice case for drug trafficking and money laundering, but also appeared in several high-impact episodes in Argentina: he was linked to the “narco plane” of Juliá brothers and with the flights carried out by the detained businessman Kirchner Lazaro Baez to launder money from corruption.

In addition, in 2019, the man from Rio Negro was linked to the financing of the presidential campaign of José Luis Espert, according to a publication of the magazine Noticias.