The exhibition of images from the vault of Cristina Kirchner during the trial for the Cuadernos Case has once again put under scrutiny not only the characteristics of the environment discovered in her residence in El Calafate but also the espionage folders that investigators found inside during the raid in August 2018.
At the request of the Attorney General Fabiana León, the Federal Oral Court 7 (TOF 7) reviewed photographs and videos of the procedure. The then-judge Claudio Bonadio had referred to the place as a "vault," while the former president denied the existence of such a structure. The operation report noted indications of the existence of a reinforced or security door that was dismantled before the raid.
According to the information incorporated into the case, there were folders and reports on members of the Judiciary, political leaders, businessmen, and former members of the intelligence services. Part of this material was later analyzed to determine if it could constitute illegal intelligence.
Among the seized documents was information about Claudio Bonadio himself, the magistrate leading the investigation, and a dossier on Sandra Arroyo Salgado, federal judge and ex-wife of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman. Papers related to Guillermo Elazar and asset data from the AFIP were also found.
The list extended to the world of intelligence services and the internal war unleashed during Kirchnerism. Investigators found a report on Antonio "Jaime" Stiuso, a historic intelligence agent who was removed during Cristina Kirchner's last government, and another on Pedro Tomás "Lauchón" Viale, a counterintelligence agent and a close associate of Stiuso who died in 2013.
Documents related to opposition leaders also appeared. Among them were reports on Francisco de Narváez, who defeated Néstor Kirchner in the 2009 Buenos Aires legislative elections, and documentation identified as "Reutemann agendas."
The material also covered various private companies and economic operations. There was documentation on Barrick Gold, Petrobras, a fuel tender from ENARSA, the expropriation of YPF, and banking movements of companies. A folder on Federico Elaskar, former owner of the financial firm SGI, known as "La Rosadita," was also found.
Images of Cristina Kirchner's vault were revealed during the trial for the Cuadernos Case
Among the seized papers were also reports on the Clarín Group and an analysis by the Federal Intelligence Agency on dollar purchases during the currency control in 2014, which classified different buyer profiles.
During his testimony, retired commissioner Adrián Lotocki, who was in charge of the raid, confirmed that numerous documents and valuable objects were removed from the environment. He also mentioned binders, presidential canes, and a letter from José de San Martín to Bernardo O'Higgins.
