Overview
- Five simultaneous searches across the Buenos Aires metropolitan area were ordered by Judge Marcelo Cardozo and led by federal prosecutor Marcelo Bernachea.
- Agents confiscated two Chevrolet Camaros and two Ford Mustangs with Paraguayan plates plus a Toyota SW4, valuing the fleet at more than ARS 500 million.
- Two Argentine suspects were detained incommunicado, and officers also seized ARS 30 million, USD 20,000 and an unregistered firearm.
- The cars were marketed for rentals and appeared in productions featuring artists including La Joaqui, L-Gante and Eugenia “La China” Suárez.
- The case advances as aggravated contraband under article 865 of the Customs Code, while PSA and ARCA separately intercepted contraband goods worth over ARS 265 million in Puerto Iguazú.