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One of the repercussions that the linking of two prosecutors to a money laundering case has had within the Public Ministry today had as a direct consequence the resignation of the prosecutor Andrés Iturra to the head of the Local Prosecutor’s Office of Las Condes.
This morning the national prosecutor, Jorge Abbottordered to open ex officio an investigation against him and his wife, also prosecutor María Constanza Izurieta. The facts that motivated this decision have to do with the fact that she appears as the recipient of assets from her father, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Army Óscar Izurietaand that today is the target of a prosecution for embezzling tax funds.
Iturra, as revealed on Thursday by CNN Chile, acted as minister of faith in transfers of assets that the former military officer made to his daughters and his wife. These maneuvers are in the crosshairs of justice, since there are suspicions of possible money laundering to prevent him from having to restitute the damage caused to the treasury with his assets.
Abbottwhat’s more, ordered the Eastern Metropolitan Prosecutor, Lorena Parra, open an administrative summary against Izurieta and Iturra. The latter arrived as head of Las Condes a few months ago for being considered a trusted man of the new regional head.
Through a statement, the Prosecutor’s Office explained this Friday that for the criminal investigation, the head of the Prosecutor’s Office appointed the Regional Prosecutor of Los Lagos, Carmen Gloria Wittwer: “The seriousness and complexity of the facts and the circumstance that they are prosecutors from the Public Ministry, the criminal investigation must be in charge of a Regional Prosecutor.”
It was also added that this determination was made because Izurieta “would have transferred assets from said eventual illicit acts to his daughters, an issue that could constitute a crime of money laundering under Law No. 19,913.”