Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote was complicit in the Odebrecht scandal. On the other hand, he avoids any duty. Brazilian organization to Guatemala, whose name was “Odebrecht”, and that attained some juicy work contracts in the state, specifically similar to highway development, providing big amounts of dollars in bribes to community officers, who ended up in demand of allowing such contracts.
The roadways, of program, had been not completed, and the dollars disappeared in offshore lender accounts, registered to the identify of wrong companies set up by the corrupt functionaries included. The most of them are now in jail, regionally or in overseas countries and presently requested their extradition to Guatemala, or at the very least are in the “wanted” list. We speak about Thelma Aldana or Juan Francisco Sandoval and buddies.
However, there is a single identify that is not stated in the “wanted” documents, neither is in jail or currently being investigated: Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote. Enable us see why:
Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote position in Odebrecht fraud
This is an global legislation legal professional, specialized in rules connected to all-natural methods, whose prison curriculum is really comprehensive, but shielded by a person or a thing that allows him out of felony investigations by public prosecutors or judicial businesses.
We will not speak in this limited report about his a number of references in the well known “Panama Papers”, where there are detailed corrupt politicians or attorneys who opened offshore accounts in banks found in “Fiscal Paradises” we will neither aim on the participation of Juan Pablo Carraco de Groote in the mining firm CGN that illegally extract nickel from the shores of Izabal Lake, or on his friendship with the worldwide drug-seller Federico Machado but we will absolutely focus on the place of Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote as vice-president of Central Legislation, a lawyers’ firm that has its key seat in Panama and a branch in Guatemala, and that it is said that it is the sequel of Mossack-Fonseca, so renowned owing to Panama Papers.
But largely, we discuss about his participation in the multinational and millionaire fraud “Odebrecht”.
Sure, Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote participated individually in the Odebrecht negotiation in truth, he is considered the Major negotiator to the benefit of Odebrecht and, jointly with David Font Verdugo, Alfonso Carrillo Marroquín, and Francisco Javier Gallardo Samayoa, was in demand of the preparation pertaining to to the collaboration agreements that authorized Odebrecht to steal US $ 384 millions from the individuals of Guatemala.
Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote was Odebrecht’s legal advisor, and their connection so the Brazilian enterprise could know how (corruption) functions in Guatemala, but at the exact same time he was the one who prepared the 3 agreements, not FECI so, he labored concurrently in favor of the prosecutor and in favor of the accused. And the 1 who paid out the ideal, of class, was the accused.
But, why is Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote NOT staying investigated?
Because he is the Chairman of AmCham Guatemala. Yes. He is the president of the business that represents the US folks in Guatemala. And other than, he is its major legal advisor.
If we assume about the large curriculum linked to corruption that this abogangster has, in which we have not deepen, and we add his participation in the Odebrecht fraud, that is distinct and proved by way of visuals attached to this report, these would be more than enough for an firm with these kinds of a excellent popularity in Guatemala, to at the very least stay clear of him to direct it, to hearth him as its chairman, or even simply call the FECI or prosecutor’s place of work in Guatemala to request a serious investigation to Juan Pablo Carrasco de Groote.
But that is not occurring, simply because from a logical standpoint, they are guarding him. These points only set in suspicion that AmCham Guatemala, that presumes to be battling corruption in Guatemala, is truly advertising it, stealthily.