A defendant in the case known as "fake invoices" in Chaco acknowledged before the Justice his Kirchnerist militancy and detailed how the social organizations he managed received funds from the State.
“I have to admit: I have political militancy, I am a kuka,” declared Fernando Adrián Ayala before the Federal Oral Court of Resistencia, where he is being tried along with other defendants for an alleged structure that would have used fake invoices, cooperatives, foundations, and companies to channel public money.
Fernando Ayala was caught red-handed with large sums of money
The investigation analyzes operations carried out mainly between 2019 and 2023. During almost an hour of presentation, Ayala acknowledged having been part of numerous social organizations and explained the mechanism by which these accessed state financing, although he denied having consciously participated in illegal maneuvers.
The defendant also explicitly defended the model of social organizations promoted during the Kirchnerist governments. “Néstor Kirchner was the one who promoted social organizations, we had to generate work,” he stated. He also acknowledged having been a beneficiary of state assistance: “I received social plans, I am not ashamed to say it.”
One of the most relevant pieces of information emerged when he described the origin of the money handled by the entities. According to his calculations, approximately 90% of the public funds they received came from the Institute of Family Agriculture and Popular Economy (IAFEP), a provincial agency that was later dissolved.
Ayala maintained that the organizations presented projects related to the construction of housing, bathrooms, sidewalks, and other works, and that the agency defined how much money would be financed. According to his account, initially about 30% was delivered as an advance, and subsequently inspections, measurements, and certifications were carried out before new disbursements.
The Prosecutor's Office is investigating, however, whether certain entities and companies issued invoices without sufficient backing or incompatible with their true operational capacity, thus allowing the movement of significant sums from the State.
Images of Ayala's arrest.
During his defense, Ayala tried to distance himself from those operations and pointed to the accountant Walter Antonio Pasko, also accused in the case. He stated that he had given him his tax keys and asserted that the professional operated autonomously. “Walter does not consult you, he executes,” he claimed.
According to Ayala, after breaking his ties with Pasko, he discovered outstanding balances and debts that would exceed $100 million. He even recalled that, after the raids in December 2022, he ended up hitting the accountant: “This guy ruined me.”
