Overview
- Photos released by the AFA show Fernando “Gaucho” Isla Casares and prosecretary Luciano Nakis accompanying Nahuel Gallo on the flight back from Caracas in what the association described as a humanitarian bridge.
- AFA president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia did not travel after failing to secure judicial authorization, leaving Isla Casares as the delegation’s most visible figure.
- TN reported that, hours after returning, Isla Casares attended Axel Kicillof’s opening of legislative sessions, where he was photographed in a VIP box with local mayors.
- Beyond football, Isla Casares is a livestock and beef businessman linked to the Sociedad Rural Argentina and directs Olazul, which Clarín reports appears in tenders to supply meat to the penitentiary system.
- In 2023 he bought 50% of a Gran Campeona Braford heifer at a record-setting price reported as 23 million pesos by Clarín and 28 million pesos by LA NACION.