Overview

• The Federal Justice of Chaco launched a preliminary investigation on July 8 into Jorge Ledesma’s assets for suspected money laundering and tax evasion.
• Prosecutor Patricio Sabadini has requested information from ARCA, the financial intelligence unit, the Municipality of Resistencia and the Chaco Infrastructure Ministry.
• Ledesma’s account of converting 100,000 pesos into 100,000 dollars was cited as seed funding for Portal del Cielo’s construction.
• Argentina’s strict currency controls since 2002 prohibit physical peso-to-dollar conversions, intensifying legal scrutiny of the claimed miracle.
• Portal del Cielo, inaugurated July 5 by President Javier Milei, is the country’s largest evangelical temple and a centerpiece of Milei’s outreach to evangelical networks.