In December 1990, the ambassador of the United States, Terence Todman, sent a note to the Argentine government, which backed a complaint from Swift of a bribery request to "speed up" the release of tax paperwork for machinery for its plant in Rosario.
According to the investigation, large sums of drug money from New York City would have been destined to Argentina, to be laundered by various financial transactions, with the purchase of real estate, jewellery or entrepreneurship.
[4] The cause of Yomagate involved Amira Yoma, the secretary and sister-in-law of then Argentine president Carlos Menem, her ex-husband Ibrahim al-Ibrahim (co-director of customs at the Ezeiza airport) and various notorious drug traffickers and launderers like Monzer al-Kassar.
At the time of the shipments Croatia was under a United Nations arms embargo, and Argentina was prohibited from selling weapons to Ecuador under the terms of a peace agreement signed in 1942.
[9] Jorge Julio López, a retired bricklayer who was kidnapped during the National Reorganization Process, a disappeared again during the democratic government of Néstor Kirchner after testifying in trial against the convicted murderer Miguel Etchecolatz.
Governor María Eugenia Vidal fired the leaders of the jailing system of the Buenos Aires province, who were suspected of having abetted the escape.
[21] Sergio Schoklender [es], known for his murder of his parents in 1981, was accused of embezzlement of public funds for a project arranged by the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
[24] An investigation, led by journalist Jorge Lanata found evidence of embezzlement and an associated money trail involving businessman Lázaro Báez.
Initially, it was suspected of not paying taxes, but the investigation headed by judge Claudio Bonadio led to suspicions about a possible case of money laundering, involving the businessman Lázaro Báez as well.
[27] Alberto Nisman, a lawyer who specialized in international terrorism was found shot in the head in his apartment in Buenos Aires on 19 January 2015.
[29] The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo believe them to be children of women who disappeared during the Dirty War, and have requested samples for DNA profiling to compare with their database of victim families.
[31] In 2017 it was revealed that the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) had engaged in illegal spying and monitoring of the families of the victims of the disappearance of ARA San Juan.
[32] Driver Óscar Centeno alleged that he had frequently carried bags filled with US dollars to several locations, including public buildings and even the personal house of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.