The suitcase scandal is heard not only in Argentinean and US courts, but also in Uruguay, where the alleged links of Guido Antonini Wilson with a seized suitcase filled with USD 800,000 in cash are probed.

This week, Uruguayan criminal judge Juan Carlos Fernández Lecchini, took the testimony of some representatives of Venezuelan state-run oil holding Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), reported Uruguay's daily newspaper Últimas Noticias.

According to the newspaper, which did not disclose the names of the examined officials, the witnesses denied any link of Pdvsa with Antonini Wilson.

The judge is expected to take new testimony in June while awaiting the reply of a number of official communications to multiple government agencies in order to collect information.

A complaint made last November by some Uruguayan deputies is intended to ascertain whether there is a relationship between the Uruguayan government and Antonini, as he visited Montevideo on multiple occasions.

In Argentina, Criminal Judge Daniel Petrone issued an international bench warrant against ex Pdvsa VP Diego Uzcátegui and his son Daniel for them to be taken to Argentina and give testimony as suspects of money laundering.

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