Overview

• Prosecutor Cristian Olazábal confirmed multiple court-ordered searches in Comodoro Rivadavia under the Emergencia Climática II investigation.
• Computers and paperwork were seized as investigators pursue digital and accounting evidence linked to potential offenses beyond those tried last year.
• One site was the accounting firm tied to Germán Issa Pfister, former municipal economy secretary under Carlos Linares and Juan Pablo Luque.
• The new lines of inquiry examine alleged false testimony, illegal exactions and possible requests for contractor “retornos,” with WhatsApp exchanges and document irregularities cited as triggers for the probe’s expansion.
• The actions prompted immediate political pushback, as ex-mayor and current candidate Juan Pablo Luque called the case a political persecution following earlier convictions tied to the 2017 storm response that left 8,000 evacuees and about 3,000 homes lost.