Mijael Galvez Alemán

Investigative Journalist and Data Specialist

Mijael Galvez Aleman is an investigative journalist specializing in the auditing of public resources, the financial analysis of government management, and data journalism in the region. His work focuses on tracking budget flows, state contracts, and regulatory backgrounds to audit the exercise of power using a methodology strictly based on official documents.At Bajo Lupa Digital, he leads database cross-referencing and documentary verification for in-depth reports. His work ensures that each investigation is fortified by rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis, offering readers a transparent, verifiable perspective free from political speculation.

Jorge Glas: the prisoner who pitted Ecuador against Mexico and Colombia, from the raided embassy to the Inter-American Court

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Jorge Glas

Jorge Glas was Vice President of Ecuador between 2013 and 2017. He is the highest-ranking official convicted over the Odebrecht case in his country. He holds two final convictions and a third, of 13 years, pending appeal. However, his case file became an international affair on the night of 5 April 2024. Hours after Mexico … Read more about Jorge Glas: the prisoner who pitted Ecuador against Mexico and Colombia, from the raided embassy to the Inter-American Court

Sérgio Cabral: the trail of the US$100 million, Adriana Ancelmo’s jewels and the convictions that survive in 2026

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Sérgio Cabral

Sérgio Cabral governed Rio de Janeiro between 2007 and 2014 and is the politician with the most accumulated years in sentences in this entire series. The Brazilian press adds up more than 400 years in some twenty proceedings. However, this piece does not follow the sentences, but the money. In 2019 Cabral admitted holding US$100 … Read more about Sérgio Cabral: the trail of the US$100 million, Adriana Ancelmo’s jewels and the convictions that survive in 2026

Roberto Prieto: the trail of Odebrecht’s million dollars, the 650 million pesos of Ruta del Sol III and the posters the construction company paid for in 2010

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Roberto Prieto

Roberto Prieto was the manager of Juan Manuel Santos’s re-election campaign in 2014. He is one of the Colombian political operators with the most judicial fronts over Ruta del Sol. This piece does not follow the sentences, but the money. It reconstructs three distinct flows. The million dollars that Odebrecht paid to the 2014 campaign … Read more about Roberto Prieto: the trail of Odebrecht’s million dollars, the 650 million pesos of Ruta del Sol III and the posters the construction company paid for in 2010

Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

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Susana Villarán

Susana Villarán was Mayor of Lima between 2011 and 2014. She is the only former mayor of the Peruvian capital prosecuted over the Odebrecht scandal. She is also the only defendant in this series who publicly admitted the money she received. This piece does not follow the hearings, but the flows. It reconstructs the US$10 … Read more about Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

Roberto Arzú: the trail of the US$6.16 million he owes JJ Rendón, the deeds with «Paco» Domínguez and the US$1 million loan nobody has explained

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Roberto Arzú

Roberto Arzú García-Granados is a presidential hopeful in Guatemala for 2027 and polls third. He is the only protagonist in this series without a criminal conviction, but with an unusual money trail: debts, not bribes. This piece does not walk through his 18 fronts, but his accounts. First, it reconstructs the US$6.16 million debt to … Read more about Roberto Arzú: the trail of the US$6.16 million he owes JJ Rendón, the deeds with «Paco» Domínguez and the US$1 million loan nobody has explained

Alejandro Sinibaldi: the fugitive who crossed three countries, the United States designation and the five cases Guatemala has been unable to try

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Alejandro Sinibaldi

Alejandro Sinibaldi was Guatemala’s Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing from 2012 to 2014 and a presidential pre-candidate in 2015. He is the Guatemalan official with the most corruption cases investigated in the last decade: at least five schemes, Odebrecht among them. His case file is also a journey across borders. He fled in July … Read more about Alejandro Sinibaldi: the fugitive who crossed three countries, the United States designation and the five cases Guatemala has been unable to try

Luis Fernando Andrade: Odebrecht’s concessionaire, Yuma, Megaland and the companies that explain three sanctions and a trial without a verdict

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Luis Fernando Andrade

Luis Fernando Andrade Moreno left the presidency of McKinsey in Colombia to run the National Infrastructure Agency between 2011 and 2017. He is the highest-profile technocrat caught up in the Odebrecht highways scandal. His case file reads best through the companies he contracted with. Concesionaria Ruta del Sol, made up of Odebrecht companies, which obtained … Read more about Luis Fernando Andrade: Odebrecht’s concessionaire, Yuma, Megaland and the companies that explain three sanctions and a trial without a verdict