Why Kirchner's Environment Has Purchased a Nebulizer Company for $ 34 Million

Before starting to live the first day of his second life, the accountant of

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Víctor Manzanares, dispelled some doubts that for years accompanied some characters of Santa Cruz. One of them will have repercussions in all the gondolas of the pharmacies. San-Up, a leading brand of nebulizers and home appliances, was purchased by the presidential wedding environment for $ 34 million.

The accountant, who now leads a life protected by the protection system of the Ministry of Justice and no longer by the protective wing of Kirchner, acknowledged that at the request of the former secretary of Néstor Kirchner, Daniel Muñoz, had bought the company left in the hands of another prisoner for the cause of the

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: Carlos Temístocles Cortez.

The operation took place in 2013 and was carried out by Manzanares at the request of the group that managed the funds. He was one of the many elements he had brought to justice during the 16 hours he had reported twice.

In principle, and as recognized by the judicial sources, with the first movements after the declarations of the accountant, badets have already been detected for an amount slightly above 140 million US dollars in Argentina. This group had already been found in the United States for $ 70 million, including a 13.5 million hotel Plaza department in New York City and a shopping center in Miami.

San-Up is the leading company in the manufacture of products such as nebulizers, electrical pads and sprays, among others, and sells in the main pharmacy chains of the country.

The company was founded by Jorge Shemi and it is in January 2013 that the change of authority has been announced. The former owners have resigned (Alberto and Iván Shemi and Horacio Gruszka) and only Jorge has held a position in the company. In August of the same year, Cortez badumes the presidency of the company and places two of his trusted men: Juan Cruz Camean Ariza and Rubén Llaneza. In June of last year, there was a cat. Cortez became director and Llaneza, president.

But the links of Cortez, which is currently being prosecuted and held by the judge

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, do not end up in buying this business. According to a survey that published
THE NATION Last September, led by Mariela Arias, Maia Jastreblansky and Iván Ruiz, santacruceño used the Panamanian offshore companies Zulmen International Inc. and Yusel Enterprises Inc. to exploit some of the black currency that ended up in the Muñoz department store. and his heirs. United States.

But there is another striking fact in all this intrigue. According to a Panama Papers document, Zulmen International Inc. made a transfer of at least $ 3,500 between BSI SA, a financial entity in Lugano, Switzerland, and Citibank in New York, where the Panamanian company Mossack Fonseca had an account. The family name "Cortez" appears on the receipt of the transaction. In the e-mail that accompanied the documents, it was stated that this transfer was important to "initiate the formation of a company", although it does not provide more details. Subsequently, on July 22, 2013, an invoice of 3552.50 dollars was established and a legend was inserted in the concept: "Our fees for the incorporation of a New Zealand company".

Still according to the information from the investigation of
THE NATIONCortez had already registered other offshore companies: he registered Neptune Commercial Enterprises in Seychelles and was a shareholder of Abaco Holding Group SA (Panama), alongside Rubén Llaneza, owner with his brother Daniel, pharmacists in Patagonia and San-Up badociates.