The former banker Uruguayan Juan Peirano Basso will arrive tomorrow from Miami International Airport Carrasco Montevideo and immediately be driven to a court to be investigated by the bank scam that generated losses of about $ 800 million in this country.
Sources Interpol reported today in a statement that the flight will stop in Santiago, Chile, and from there carry out the final leg until Montevideo, where he will arrive tomorrow at noon after starting tonight in Miami at 21.50 local time (00.50 GMT on Wednesday ).
The same sources noted that a "setback" of an administrative nature prevented Peirano was transported on a plane from American Airlines, a company that for security reasons does not allow people to travel handcuffed, so the former banker will be mobilized in an aircraft LAN Chile.
After his arrival, the former number one of the bankrupt Velox Group will be brought before Judge Graciela Gatti, who interrogated by the closure and loss of the late Banco Montevideo.
The savers harmed by the bank's bankruptcy in 2002 insist on claiming their deposits and studying measures before the return of former banker.
Judge Gatti told the press that the former banker, barely arrival in Montevideo, will appear at its headquarters to take evidence and ask to appoint a defence lawyer.
Then begin the investigation phase, in which the judge will have 48 hours to determine whether the process or leaves it free while the investigation continues.
Juan Peirano, along with his brothers Jose, Jorge and Dante, were accused in 2002 of illegal operations in financial institutions in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.
The three last met imprisonment for about five years, while John was a fugitive until a few days ago, when he was arrested in the United States.
Losses due to savers from Uruguayan banks that went bankrupt were calculated at about $ 800 million, of which a large part of them were diverted to the Cayman Islands.
