Overview
- Leal, who has been in preventive custody since late May, was summoned to a federal indagatoria on Monday and submitted a written denial instead of answering live questions.
- Searches of his Buenos Aires and Mendoza properties recovered roughly $2.4 million in cash, synthetic drugs and professional surveillance equipment that prosecutors have added to the file as key physical evidence.
- A corruption investigation led by Judge Lino Mirabelli and fiscal Fernando Domínguez focuses on alleged irregular direct awards and ‘retornos’ to the logistics firm Argentina Logistic Services (ALS).
- Investigators have seized mobile phones and contract records but say their case hinges on device content; Leal gave his phone to authorities but refused to provide the access password while co‑defendants, including Gerardo Boschin, are being questioned in sequence.
- The probe raises governance risks for ARSAT and ORSNA because Leal led both bodies under successive administrations and questions now center on how state contracts were awarded and who benefited if the allegations are proven.