They ask to investigate the links of the priest Agustín Rosa with El Chapo Guzmán

After the publication of a note of TN.com.ar, the priest Agustín Rosa can be searched for his links with the cartel of Sinaloa in Mexico and for the introduction of millions of dollars in Argentina without declaring himself drug trafficking.

Prosecutor Verónica Simesen from Bielke, Unit for Serious Attacks on the People, asked her Salteño couple to investigate the money-laundering and drug-trafficking offenses Agustín Rosa Torino, who is waiting for the oral trial for badual crimes.

He did so based on the publication of a note on this site, where two former members of the Institute of Disciples of Jesus St. John the Baptist revealed to journalist Miriam Lewin how they had been received. doubtful funds on the premises that the congregation administered in Mexico, badistance to farms guarded by men heavily armed by religious and trips in which members of the institute led by Rosa hid dollars in pockets, images of the Virgin of Guadalupe to enter the country

One of the sources said that a storm had damaged the roof of a convent and that the Chapo Guzmán was going to provide the $ 50,000 needed to fix it, but the link was stopped the day before on delivery of money. Another, he recalled, said that during a trip of fifty members, each transported about 18,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars, thus adding nearly one million dollars entered without prior statement of l & # 39; Argentina.

Pink expanded the congregation created by him in Chile, Spain and Mexico. He currently resides on the outskirts of the city of Salta, on a farm, from where he travels without restriction, pending an oral trial for badual crimes against minors. Judge Adolfo Figueroa repealed Recently, the trial took place, but the prosecutor again filed the motion. As a result of this decision, Figueroa will be the subject of an investigation at the request of the lawyer Abel Cornejo.

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, known as Chapo Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States after his arrest in Mexico. There is a dispute over his active billionaires, who are not in his name, while Forbes magazine called him one of the richest men in the world. According to experts, his power in the world of drugs exceeded that of Colombian Pablo Escobar.

The religiosity and strong permanent disposition of abundant cash Mexican narcos made the contributions of illegal organizations to churches to be the current currency. According to sources of TNthe brothers of the Institute were summoned to bless the participants in the cartel's operations for their protection and met with armed men in each destination.

On Monday, prosecutor Simesen in turn asked the federal prosecutor to open a preliminary investigation of the office, as provided for in article 214 of the country's Code of Criminal Procedure. This article states that "if the representative of the public prosecutor's office has any indication of the possible commission of a crime of public action, promote preliminary research to determine the circumstances of the event and those responsible. "