In Entre Ríos, the judge of the Federal Oral Court of Paraná, Roberto López Arango, ordered the acquittal of businessmen Juan José Clucellas, from Santa Fe, and Raúl Sopérez, from Corrientes, who were being tried for the crime of illegal human trafficking. in the modality of facilitation for the illegal stay of people in Argentina, according to article 117 of Law 25,871.
The case focused on the transfer of Viktor Melnyk, a former Ukrainian soldier discovered in the trunk of a car in Paso Telégrafo (La Paz department), on the border between the provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes, on September 2, 2020, in full pandemic due to Covid_19.
The discovery was made during a routine check on National Route 12, according to what the newspaper Uno published this Wednesday.
As detailed, in the case Clucellas from Santa Fe was tried for transporting the Ukrainian in a Chevrolet Corsa; and Sopérez for having provided the vehicle for this purpose. In addition, he was accused of hosting the foreigner in a cabin in the Corrientes town of Itá Ibaté.
Sopérez had been a candidate for councilor for the Nuevo Encuentro in 2019 in the aforementioned Corrientes town. In addition, he has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for the crime of drug trafficking, in its forms of transportation and possession, aggravated by the intervention of three or more organized people.
Furthermore, in October 2020, when by order of federal court No. 2 of San Martín, province of Buenos Aires, 400 kilos of marijuana and several weapons, including a 22-caliber submachine gun replica of an AK-74, were kidnapped from his cabin complex. , a more modern version of the classic Kalashnikov AK-47.
Later, in January 2022, the Ukrainian Melnyk was arrested in Paraguay for drug trafficking. He went to a room where there were 947 kilos of cocaine.
(Photos and content Diario Uno, from Entre Rios)
(WA)
