José López: the trail of the US$9 million from the convent, the bundle that travelled from New York and the assets the State kept

José López

José López was Argentina’s Secretary of Public Works between 2003 and 2015, under Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández. In the early hours of 14 June 2016, a convent’s cameras filmed him throwing bags containing almost US$9 million, jewellery and a weapon. That image is the best-known of recent Argentine corruption. However, this piece does not … Read more about José López: the trail of the US$9 million from the convent, the bundle that travelled from New York and the assets the State kept