The corruption investigation initiated against the former Minister of Economy of Cuba, Alejandro Gilcontinues to generate controversy, since an important businessman from Ciego de Ávila who was recently arrested is being linked to the official.
In accordance with The New Heraldit would be the businessman Fernando Javier Albán, owner of AgroIndustrial Media Luna, a well-known juice company and other fruit products of the Tuaba brand.
The subject would have been arrested days before the announcement of the dismissal of Gil as Minister of Economy, being later taken to Havana. Now, this is under investigation, since his case and Gil’s could be related due to an alleged personal benefit for both parties.
According to a source, who preferred to remain anonymous, one of the things that caught the attention of the authorities was the conversion of Media Luna into a private company, since this was carried out with great speed, becoming the first private company in Ciego de Ávila after these were approved in 2021.
Media Luna would have started as a “local development project”, a kind of private-state association that had to receive authorization from the municipal authorities and pay a large part of its income to the regime. In that sense, the great speed with which it became a private company raised suspicions.
Something that also caught the attention of many was that a preliminary investigation was stopped at that time by Gil, suggesting his participation in the accelerated growth of the company.
The aforementioned media indicates that the company’s facilities have been closed since the arrest of its owner, as well as its store located on the main boulevard of the main city.
During its time open, the company reportedly contributed millions of dollars to the local government, assisted in the repair of a hospital and a school, and received an award from the National Association of Economists and Accountants of Cuba, but this was not enough for the authorities to They will stop investigating it.
It is important to remember that Gil He was also linked to the Cuban-American citizen who was detained months ago trying to enter Tampa, Florida, with more than $100,000 in cash..
According to the press, the woman has been cooperating with the authorities in exchange for a reduction in her sentence, and during interrogations, the name of the former Minister of Economy has come up on more than one occasion.
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