Food Delivery Scandal: Gendarmerie Raided Human Capital Warehouse in Tafí Viejo

The Gendarmerie carried out an exhaustive search on Saturday at the warehouse belonging to the Ministry of Human Capital in Tafí Viejo, Tucumán, where they found more than 2.7 tons of food. The seizure took place within the framework of a complaint against Minister Sandra Pettovello for breach of the duties of a public official, due to the fact that the merchandise was not distributed and has been stored since December of last year, with the risk of expiration. In the Tafí Viejo warehouse, the existence of more than 2.7 tons of food products was confirmed, including sunflower oil, mixed oil, lentils, chickpeas, powdered milk, tomato puree, peanut paste and yerba mate. Of the total food found, just over two million are ready to be distributed, while just over 600,000 products are in the laboratory, awaiting authorization from quality control to prevent them from being delivered in poor condition or expired. The measure was ordered by Federal Judge José Díaz Vélez after the ministry in charge of Sandra Pettovello was ordered to present a plan for the immediate delivery of the food crammed in this warehouse and in another in the Buenos Aires town of Villa Martelli. brand, batch and quantity of food and their respective entry and expiration dates,” the order said. It also sought to “identify, if determined, the fate of those.” The government’s reaction after the raidThe presidential spokesman, Manuel Adorni, said through his X account (formerly Twitter) that during the raid on the Tucumán warehouses carried out this Saturday by the National Gendarmerie, no expired or spoiled food was found. They raided the warehouse belonging to the Ministry of Human Capital in Tafí Viejo (Tucumán) by virtue of the complaint they made to Sandra Pettovello,” Adorni wrote. And he detailed: “They did not find anything expired, much less merchandise in a poor state of preservation.” Pettovello fired the Secretary of Children and Family, Pablo de la Torre, in the midst of the controversy over the food that was stored and not distributed. He also filed a criminal complaint against him and made a presentation to the Anti-Corruption Office.” I have a conscience and clean hands,” said the former official and thanked me for working with the minister despite the complaints made: “I am proud to have fought together with Minister Petovello in the battle against the managers of poverty,” he said. I’m not going to let myself be intimidated by the Kirchnerists who have infiltrated the government. Dead rather than dirty,” said the former secretary in reference to the irregularities in the Ministry. Those close to him say that he could be targeting Leila Gianni, the legal undersecretary of Pettovello’s portfolio.

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