Overview
- Authorities scheduled Machado’s transfer for November 5 from Ezeiza on a commercial flight under a special security operation, following Supreme Court authorization and an Interpol notice to the Neuquén federal court.
- He remains detained in a Viedma police facility with restricted phone access until the handover to U.S. authorities, according to official accounts.
- In an eight-hour interview on Splendid AM 990, Machado warned “if I speak, the country falls” and claimed he alerted presidential adviser Santiago Caputo, saying the reply was “message received.”
- Machado alleged financial triangulations and business favors involving Patricia Bullrich and Río Negro governor Alberto Weretilneck, including transfers via a company tied to the Bada Vázquez family, assertions not proven in Argentine courts.
- U.S. filings cited by local media describe payments and campaign support to José Luis Espert in 2019–2020, and the fallout has seen Espert quit his candidacy as figures like Juan Grabois urge Machado to disclose his information.