[NYTr] Cash Suitcase Caper: Argentina Lodges New Charges Against Miami Man

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Argentine Adds Charge to Money-Bag Case

Buenos Aires, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Argentinean justice has added the
charge of money laundering against Venezuelan-US citizen Guido Antonini
Wilson, who tried to illegally enter money into the country.

Legal sources confirmed on Wednesday that the decision was made by
Judge Maria Marta Novatti, at the request of prosecutor Maria Luz Rivas
Diez, who sustained they have evidence on the illegal origin of that
money.

Novatti sent an extradition request to the United States in September,
after Wilson tried to enter Argentina in August with 800,000 dollars
hidden as books in his briefcase.

The prosecutor is also seeking information in Miami about the intended
destination of the money, based on statements by peopled arrested in
that city.

Referring to the case, Cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez denounced
confusion over the reasons Washington is trying to turn the accused
into a victim of extortion.

He added this is an offense to Buenos Aires, which investigated the
case and asked for the tycoon's extradition.

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