Overview
- Financier Juan Ignacio Suris was sentenced to two years for active bribery after paying for preferential treatment while detained at the PFA’s DUOF Santa Fe facility.
- The new term adds to his prior narcotics conviction, with coverage reporting an effective total of about nine years in prison.
- Subcomisario Leonardo Benítez received three years of effective prison and comisario Guillermo Gallo received a two‑year suspended sentence, and both were permanently disqualified from public office.
- Judge José María Escobar Cello found systematic payments bought perks including appliances, unrestricted cellphone use, free movement, unrecorded visits, and daily access to the Officers’ Casino.
- The probe began with a January 22, 2024 anonymous tip to Rosario’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office No. 2 and relied on testimony, official logs, photos, and other records, with case files also citing intermediaries such as Mariana Martínez.