A Venezuelan diplomat and an Uruguayan diplomat are included in a ring of irregular trading of luxury cars imported in Argentina under special licenses, as shown by the first proofs produced in this scandal under scrutiny by the Argentinean justice, local newspapers reported on Wednesday.
 
The proofs point to Uruguayan Myriam Fraschini de Pastori and Venezuelan Orán Jesús Primera Petit, stressed Argentinean daily newspapers La Nación and Clarín, respectively, quoting official sources.

According to La Nación, one of the vehicles under investigation was purchased by folklore singer Oscar "El chaqueño" Palavecino from Fraschini de Pastori, who in 2005 was a counselor minister with the Uruguayan Embassy. But she no longer is in Buenos Aires, Efe reported.

Marcelo Arancibia, Palavecino's lawyer, said the singer bought a Hummer H2 "in good faith" at USD 112,000.

The title of ownership shows that the truck was imported in Argentina under a special tax-exempted diplomat license.

Meanwhile, Clarín reported that judge Marcelo Aguinsky is in charge of the case of Venezuelan colonel Orán Jesús Primera Petit, whom the Argentinean Foreign Ministry granted a diplomat license to import a Lamborghini one month after he ceased in his role as military attaché in the Venezuelan Embassy.

The vehicle -valued at more than USD 200,000- was promptly cleared in the customs service, without meeting the minimum term of nine months under diplomatic license, as provided under the law.