A Legislator Elected to Milei's Lists Resigns After Being Denounced for Links with Drug Trafficking
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The alleged links of libertarian leaders with drug trafficking are a headache for Javier Milei. They have already thwarted the nomination of their main candidate for legislator in Buenos Aires, just two months ago, and now resulted in the resignation of a newly elected senator from the Patagonian province of Río Negro. José Luis Espert was the candidate for deputy who could not be and Lorena Villaverde, the senator who will not be. Villaverde (5…
The links with drug trafficking complicated his political career. In a letter to Javier Milei, the leader of Rio Negro spoke of "media operations", but made no reference to the cause he had in the United States. Read more
La Libertad Avanza’s legislator stopped taking office as a senator for Río Negro after losing political support and denounced “media operations,” although she will continue in the lower house where she still has two years of office.
Lorena Villaverde’s decision not to take office in the Senate was publicly raised through an extensive message that she disseminated in X. The legislator confirmed that she will continue in the Chamber of Deputies and explained that her determination is linked to personal motives and to the impact that, she said, had on her recent trajectory different situations that she described as operations against her. In that text addressed to President Mi…
Villaverde, who is linked to drug trafficking, said he does not want to be used to “stop the reforms” and reaffirmed his support for the government. His place in the Senate would be occupied by Enzo Fullone, second in the libertarian list. The national deputy and senator elected by Río Negro, Lorena Villaverde, finally decided not to take up the bench in the Upper House and presented her resignation by a letter addressed to President Javier Mile…
Lorena Villaverde, a deputy of La Libertad Avanza for Río Negro, resigned on Wednesday from office as a senator after her own block was challenged in relation to a drug trafficking case in the United States and links with Fred Machado. In two coordinated movements, Villaverde withdrew the resignation from the post of deputy who took office in 2023 and resigned from that of a senator who reached the recent election in 2025. The rejection of the l…
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