Tag: Jose Lopez

‘Crazy’ ex-minister’s bags of cash scandalize Argentina

by Paula Bustamante BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — It’s been a heck of a week for Jose Lopez, an Argentine ex-cabinet minister who was arrested trying to hide bags stuffed with cash and jewels at a monastery. On Monday, Lopez, 55, seemed like any ordinary politician, with a slight paunch, graying hair and a fairly anodyne job as a member of the South American regional parliament. On Tuesday, he was caught red-handed tossing 160 suitcases […]

Argentina ex-minister caught hiding cash in monastery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentine police arrested a former government minister when they caught him trying to hide millions of dollars in cash and jewels at a monastery, officials said. Jose Lopez, 55, served as deputy minister for public works for 12 years under the country’s two last presidents. He was already facing corruption charges in the courts. He was caught throwing suitcases over a wall into the garden of an old monastery now […]