“In February 2001, La Nacion reported that Interpol had found documents in Mexico that proved that the Juarez cartel had contributed to the Duhalde-Ortega presidential campaign in 1999.” The money was laundered by the cartel via New York’s Citibank, and from there went to Mercado Abierto, an Argentinean financial firm owned by Aldo Ducler, chief adviser to vice presidential candidate Palito Ortega. Through Ducler, a $1 million contribution to the presidential campaign was made, followed by a $400,000 contribution for the purchase of a campaign vehicle. See: Delia M. Ferreira Rubio, “Argentina: Two Cases” Casas-Zamora, Kevin (ed.): Dangerous Liaisons: Organized Crime and Political Finance in Latin America and Beyond. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-8157-2529-9 ↩
“In February 2001, La Nacion reported that Interpol had found documents in Mexico that proved that the Juarez cartel had contributed to the Duhalde-Ortega presidential campaign in 1999.” The money was laundered by the cartel via New York’s Citibank, and from there went to Mercado Abierto, an Argentinean financial firm owned by Aldo Ducler, chief adviser to vice presidential candidate Palito Ortega. Through Ducler, a $1 million contribution to the presidential campaign was made, followed by a $400,000 contribution for the purchase of a campaign vehicle. See: Delia M. Ferreira Rubio, “Argentina: Two Cases” Casas-Zamora, Kevin (ed.): Dangerous Liaisons: Organized Crime and Political Finance in Latin America and Beyond. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press 2013 ISBN 978-0-8157-2529-9 ↩