translated from Spanish: SQM papers: the Prosecutor v. society of Longueira and Mrs. tests that have them encircled

“Despite everything, I am a happy person,” habrí to this Pablo Longueira during birthday party that celebrated 60 years, according to what a few days ago El Mercurio. A roast for 150 guests, among whom were the Ministers Hernán Larraín and Alfredo Moreno, together with some historical of the UDI, as Jovino Novoa, Senator Víctor Pérez and Deputy Patricio Melero.
Front of them, Longueira read a speech that referred to that, probably, is the most complex period of his public life: from July 2013, when he aborted his presidential candidacy until June 2016, when it was formalized by bribery and tax offenses and he must comply with six months of house arrest, night.
After having abruptly left politics in 2013, affected – according to official version never confirmed – by a strong depression, formed in December of that year, along with his wife, Cecilia Brinkmann, LyB consultants society. His friend Patricio Contesse, then general manager of SQM, helped to push up.
Only a few days later, on January 2, 2014, new society issued its first invoice by 5 million pesos the company SQM S.A. both parties sign an agreement in which the non-metallic mining hired “professional services LyB SQM it provide advice in ma teria strategic, legislative and policy considering the Bills currently pending in Congress”. Thanks to this agreement, Longueira said a salary for over a year, since the contract ended in March 2015.
The details of the contract, including reports that supposedly contains the services provided, were handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office in March 2016 by Patricio de Solminihac, Manager of SQM.

The public prosecutor’s Office will incorporate this agreement between the tests for support, during the trial, the charges of bribery against Longueira. Also the post where Contesse confirmed their attendance at the marriage of one of the sons of Longueira, in March 2011, and at the same time, the presence of Longueira on the guest list to the birthday of Contesse in January of the same year.
That date, Longueira was the UDI Senator and, pursuant to the investigation, since Congress has made intense efforts – in close relationship with Contesse – to enter and approve the item on the law of the Royalty which would directly benefit SQM, exempting the increase of taxation that were forced to other large mining companies. Both texts are virtually identical.
The team led by Prosecutor Pablo Gómez understands that with this agreement, after the exit from the political frontline Longueira, and payments practiced under his protection to the former Minister of economy in the first Government of Sebastian Pinera, what was done was to keep a re gularidad monthly payments that came much earlier, i.e. that deliveries of money from SQM to Longueira was never interrupted.
Because it is proven that between 2007 and 2013 Longueira received a monthly payment of SQM, which did not come to him as a natural person, but yes to two foundations that had created and presided over: the Web Foundation and Chile right. Through which it received fees of 5 million liquid pesos between November 2007 and April 2013, which in total exceeds $700 million.
This relationship is that based the theory of the prosecution to accuse Longueira of bribery and Contesse of bribery, apart from multiple crimes tributaries, along with others formalised by the edge royalty if SQM, whose trial should start in the next few months and will be transformed into the largest litigation for corruption in the country, so far.
The brother and daughter but there is more. Because the last payment from SQM to Chile just corresponds to November 2013, for the same amount to less than two months after the mining company he would start paying consultants LyB.
Among the cluster of evidence that has the Prosecutor’s office to show support “in a systematic, constant and permanent” from SQM to Longueira “to act when it requires you,” are moneys provided by mining not metallic – authorized by Contesse – starting from July 2014 and for almost a year to the Foundation friends of Jesus, related to José Luis Longueira, brother of the “Colonel” of the UDI. The post at the disposal of the public prosecutor’s Office would checked the contribution of $11 million pesos.
In another e-mail, on July 7, 2014, Longueira asked Contesse economic aid for his daughter Cecilia María, which currently presides over the Foundation work country, linked to the pastoral care of the Catholic University.
It is not established that this support is through, but since then things start to get complicated for the former UDI Senator. In August 2014, prosecutors already investigating the companies of Hugo Bravo, who initiated the so-called case Penta, and that then caused that case SQM, outbreak directly hitting Longueira. He, nevertheless, said that it was a happy person.

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