Overview

• Federal authorities in San Isidro searched José Luis Espert’s Beccar residence and his office in the lower house, seizing documents and electronic devices for analysis.
• Officers also entered a neighboring property to recover a cellphone that reports say was thrown over a wall during the operation.
• The investigation stems from a complaint by Juan Grabois citing a $200,000 transfer linked to Federico “Fred” Machado; Espert maintains it was an advance for consulting to the Guatemalan firm Minas del Pueblo that he did not perform.
• Two probes are in play: a 2021 Comodoro Py case on undeclared campaign flights under Judge Marcelo Martínez De Giorgi and a new San Isidro case on the transfer under Judge Lino Mirabelli and Prosecutor Federico Domínguez.
• After hiring Alejandro Freeland and Santiago Kent, Espert requested unification in Comodoro Py, a move that could spark a competence dispute as Martínez De Giorgi has asked to review Mirabelli’s file, while prosecutors plan to summon campaign finance figures including José Bonacci and the Montenegros.