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The Justice Rejected the “Chiqui” Tapia’s Request to Travel Abroad

Summary by La Nacion
The Economic Criminal Court N°5 rejected this Saturday the request of the president of the Association of Argentine Football (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, to travel to Barquisimeto, Venezuela, between February 28 and March 3. The leader wanted to attend the inauguration act of the Venezuelan Football Federation. The court considered that Tapia, involved in a scandal for diversion of funds and washing, had already tried to modify without authori…

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The president of the AFA returned to the country this Friday after a trip to Colombia and Brazil. He asked permission to go to Venezuela to open a high performance center. The judge who summoned him to the inquest for the retention of contributions did not authorize him.

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The Economic Criminal Court N°5 rejected this Saturday the request of the president of the Association of Argentine Football (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, to travel to Barquisimeto, Venezuela, between February 28 and March 3. The leader wanted to attend the inauguration act of the Venezuelan Football Federation. The court considered that Tapia, involved in a scandal for diversion of funds and washing, had already tried to modify without authori…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The leader asked to travel to Venezuela after returning from Colombia and Brazil, but the judge rejected the request in the middle of the case for retained contributions.

The holder of the AFA intended to travel to Venezuela after a stopover in Brazil, but the Justice considered inappropriate the request in the framework of the investigation for laundering and diversion of funds. On Saturday, the Justice rejected a new request from the president of the Association of Argentine Football (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, to travel abroad. It is a new setback for the holder of the regulatory entity of Argentine footbal…

The Justice rejected a new request for authorization to travel abroad for Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, president of the AFA, in the midst of the cause that investigates the entity for the alleged evasion of $19 billion. The plan sought to modify an itinerary already approved to add a destination in Venezuela. The decision was adopted...

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The economic criminal judge Diego Amarante took this Friday the political situation of Venezuela as an excuse to deny him a trip to Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia for purely political reasons. AFA's boss had requested to travel from Saturday to March 3 to participate in the inauguration of the beginning of works of a high-performance national center in that country. Amarante shields himself in the conflict that maintains Venezuela internally and in whic…

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la Nacion broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
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