Overview

• Journalist Diego Iglesias said he received a Thursday 8:15 a.m. call in which Patricia Bullrich asked, “How is the Machado extradition going?”.
• Bullrich had intended to reach antinarcotics prosecutor Diego Iglesias but mistakenly called the journalist with the same name.
• According to the journalist’s broadcast, Bullrich became nervous upon realizing the error, apologized repeatedly, and ended the call with “beso, beso, chau.”
• Federico “Fred” Machado is investigated for alleged money laundering and international drug trafficking and faces a U.S. extradition request, with reporting linking him to libertarian politician José Luis Espert.
• The episode drew swift political reaction and broad media coverage, though no formal inquiry tied to the call was reported.