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Justice Probe Seeks Source of ‘Miraculous’ Funds Behind Milei’s Megachurch

Federal investigators have summoned key agencies to gather evidence on the Ledesmas’ account that 100,000 pesos became 100,000 dollars funding Portal del Cielo.

El pastor jorge Ledesma. En su caja de seguridad depositó pesos y, cuando fue a retirar, encontró dólares.
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El mega-templo Portal del Cielo, iglesia que fue construida, en parte, gracias a 100 mil pesos que se transformaron en 100 mil dólares por un \"milagro divino\", según aseguró el pastor evangélico Jorge Ledesma

Overview

  • Federal prosecutor Patricio Sabadini opened a preliminary investigation into Pastor Jorge Ledesma’s assets after his claim that a divine conversion financed the Portal del Cielo megachurch.
  • Authorities have requested records from ARCA, the Unidad de Información Financiera, the Resistencia municipality and the Chaco Ministry of Infrastructure to trace any fiscal irregularities.
  • The inquiry remains in an evidence-gathering phase with no formal charges filed as investigators assess potential money laundering or tax evasion.
  • Portal del Cielo, Argentina’s largest evangelical auditorium seating about 15,000, was inaugurated on July 5 in Resistencia, Chaco, with President Javier Milei delivering a sermon blending religious rhetoric and political attacks.
  • In his address at the megachurch, Milei framed social-justice doctrines as antithetical to Judeo-Christian values and aimed to rally evangelical support ahead of key legislative contests.