No more obstacles to Argentine ex-president testifying in wiretapping case
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Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri appeared before a judge on a probe investigating alleged orders to spy on relatives of 44 sailors who died in the sinking of a navy submarine.
Police guard the federal court in Dolores, Buenos Aires province, on October 28, 2021 before the arrival of Argentina's former President Mauricio Macri. (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
Argentina's ex-president Mauricio Macri has been subpoenaed again as part of an ongoing probe into a wiretapping scandal. This was made possible after current president Alberto Fernandez lifted a legal obstacle that previously kept him from testifying.
The on-going investigation is looking into allegations that Macri's government spied on relatives of 44 sailors who died in the sinking of a navy submarine in 2017.
The ARA San Juan submarine disappeared in November 2017. When it was found just over a year later, it was at a depth of more than 900 meters in the South Atlantic some 400 kilometers off the coast of Argentina.
Secrecy provisions
Macri appeared in court briefly on Thursday to argue that he could not testify because he would have to reveal confidential information.
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