Tag: Alejandro Astesiano

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 17:12 UTC

  “A scandal over fake passports”: Financial Times warns that reputation of Uruguay is threatened

  

  The Financial Times described the event that is currently being investigated by the Uruguayan Justice related to the former presidential custodian Alejandro Astesiano and the implications that have arisen around the entourage of President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President's approval drops amid scandals

  

  The approval ratings of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou fell ten percentage points in two months, hitting an all-time low of 39% since he took office, according to a report from pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 15:32 UTC

  Uruguay: Lacalle Pou's former bodyguard “spied” on the President’s ex-wife on his request

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou and his wife, Lorena Ponce de León, separated earlier this year. Two months later, on July 3rd, the then head of security for the president and his family –currently in prison accused of falsifying passports among other crimes–, Alejandro Astesiano, asked the deputy executive director of the National Police, Jorge Berriel, to inquire in “confidential mode” about a personal trip of the woman who still presents herself as the first lady of Uruguay on her social media.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:56 UTC

  Uruguay: former presidential bodyguard allegedly spied on opposition senators; Justice investigates

  

  The analysis of hundreds of WhatsApp chats recovered from the cell phone of Alejandro Astesiano, the former personal custodian of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, continues to provide investigators with crucial material in an unprecedented court case in Uruguay's political history.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Motion to impeach Mayor of Montevideo filed

  

  Montevideo Councilors from the National (White) and Colorado parties have filed for the impeachment of Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Mayor Carolina Cosse over her allegedly repeated failure to submit a series of reports requested from her office.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Prosecutor asked Interpol to issue red alert for Uruguayan passports of Russians in Lacalle Pou's bodyguard case

  

  Uruguayan prosecutor Gabriela Fossati, in charge of the investigation into the case of President Luis Lacalle Pou's former chief of custody, Alejandro Astesiano, requested that Interpol issue a red alert on the passports of Russian citizens with Uruguayan nationality.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 02:01 UTC

  Lacalle Pou's custody chief arrested and charged: he used to meet with accomplices in presidential office

  

  Uruguayan prosecutor Gabriela Fossati requested this Tuesday the formalization of the investigation and asked for the preventive imprisonment of Alejandro Astesiano, the personal custodian of the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 18:50 UTC

  Uruguay's presidential custody chief arrested for allegedly falsifying Russian passports

  

  The head of President Luis Lacalle Pou's custody, Alejandro Astesiano, has been arrested by order of the Public Prosecutor's Office for alleged “passport forgery”, according to Uruguayan media and confirmed by sources from the Presidency.