Overview

• Machado says he signed a contract with Espert in 2019 worth more than US$200,000 and that a related transfer was routed in 2020 through Aircraft Guaranty.
• He claims he lent an airplane and provided vehicles, logistics and expenses during Espert’s 2019 campaign, which he characterizes as help rather than formal campaign financing.
• Machado contends Espert later denied the relationship once his case became public and says there are photos and witnesses who could attest to their link.
• Espert has framed the money as payment for financial and economic consulting, not covert funding, according to the reporting.
• Speaking from home detention in Viedma on fraud and cocaine-trafficking accusations, Machado rejects the label of narcotrafficker and portrays himself as stigmatized.