Marcelo Ariel Guille: Former Secretary Accused in VIP Vaccination Scandal

Marcelo Ariel Guilleformer private secretary of the former Minister of Health Ginés González Garcíarefused to testify today before the Justice when he was investigated accused of the crimes of embezzlement and abuse of authority, for having ordered that journalists and friends of power who were not on the list place vaccines against Covid in the offices of the Ministry of Health of priority people, in what became known as the case of “VIP Vaccination”.

Guille’s presence before the federal judge Maria Eugenia Capuchetti inaugurated the batch of investigative statements from former officials. González García appeared before the Justice with a brief in which he alleged health problems to reschedule his interrogation. The next person investigated will be the former director of the Posadas Hospital Alberto Maceirasummoned for August 14, informed judicial sources to THE NATION.

Doctor Alberto Maceira

Guille agreed to the case today with the accusation against him and the evidence that supports it, for which he explained that when he studies those records, he will present a brief to respond to the charges against him. The prosecutor was present Eduardo Taianoan official from the Office of the Administrative Investigations Attorney (PIA) and Judge Capuchetti.

Judge María Eugenia CapuchettiVictoria Egurza – Télam

The investigation requests had been made by prosecutors Taiano and his colleague from the PIA Sergio Rodriguez by accusing former officials of the irregular distribution of coronavirus vaccines during the pandemic.

In addition to the officials, the Federal Chamber indicated that the VIP vaccinated who accessed the doses preferentially should be under investigation, although that measure is still pending. Among those who were vaccinated when it was not their turn to be are the former president eduardo duhalde and his family, and the journalist horace verbitsky. When they received their doses, the vaccines were reserved only for certain groups within society (such as health personnel or strategic government personnel) and they did not qualify for priority access.

Together with the former minister González García, the prosecutors requested the inquiries of the former head of Preventive Medicine Services of Posadas Maria Elena Bordaand the ex-undersecretary Alejandro Costawho went to Duhalde’s house with the vaccines, but before deciding on these measures, the judge will analyze whether there are other officials in the organization chart, including them and the director of the Posadas Hospital.

Alberto Maceira with Ginés González GarcíaTwitter

He peculation It is a serious crime that is punishable by between two and 10 years in prison, and is one of the embezzlements sanctioned by the Penal Code. It is committed when the official removes effects that he has in his custody (vaccines, in this case) and also when he uses them for his own benefit or that of a third party (VIP vaccinated).

The former officials are accused of having withdrawn ten vaccines against Covid-19 assigned to the Posadas hospital and of their transfer to the National Ministry of Health, on February 18, 2021, to vaccinate ten people who were not qualified to receive those vaccines. dose. For this fact, the investigative statements of González García, Maceira and Guille were requested.

Initially, the prosecutor Taiano and the judge Capuchetti had understood that there was no crime in what had happened, when it was learned through an interview that Vertbisky gave that people who were not on the priority list had received doses of vaccines, before other people that they were waiting for them.

But the federal chamber He ordered the reopening of the case after the appeal by the Administrative Investigations prosecutor, Rodríguez, and gave some parameters to refocus the investigation and focus not only on the officials who set up this parallel vaccination circuit for the official, but also on the people who received those doses of anticipated way.

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2023-08-03 22:42:00
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