“I will be back. “I have no intention of not living in Chile”

He in the case of Primus Capitallinked to the second most relevant non-banking factoring in the market, experienced a new chapter this Wednesday, when the Fourth Guarantee Court of Santiago held the formalization hearing for the four accused of the million-dollar scam of the group controlled by the businessman Raimundo Valenzuela. However, only three arrived.

Those present were the lawyer Antonio Guzmán, the former commercial manager of the factoring, Ignacio Amenábar and the kitchen technician Marcelo Rivadeneira, who appeared at the formalization for the crimes of fraud, unfair administration, malicious use of a false private commercial instrument and “laundering.” of capital.” Just missed Francisco Coeymans, executor general of Primus. Due to this, the Prosecutor’s Office asked the court to dictate an arrest warrant.

To justify his absence, the lawyer CoeymansAlberto Aguilera, explained that his client was on a trip to Peru when he fell ill, a justification that was not convincing to the court.

From Lima, Francisco Coeymans spoke with The counter and ruled out that he was in Rebellion. “I’m going to come back obviously. And I will defend myself in justice. I have no intention of not living in Chile. And there are no discrepancies at my address. “I still live in the same house in Lo Barnechea,” she said.

The arrest warrant

The prosecutor leading the case, Felipe Sepúlveda, questioned the legitimacy of the medical certificate of the former Primus executive and maintained that the former factoring manager traveled outside Chile on March 26, 2024. He also warned that it is possible that he is using two passports. , since he also has Belgian nationality and it is possible that he is not even in Lima or that he may come to a future formalization hearing.

These arguments delivered by the Public Ministry bothered Judge Mariela Leyton, who asked Coeymans’ lawyers if they knew that he was out of the country and if he had purchased a return ticket. These answers did not convince the magistrate, who, after a 10-minute recess, issued an arrest order.

This is because, in his opinion, the fidelity of the medical certificate can be disputed due to, among other things, discrepancies in the addresses given in the process by the accused.

Faced with this, Coeymans’ lawyers stated that he was in Lima, visiting his partner – the model Yoko Chong – adding that he has left the country more than 30 times since the beginning of the investigation.

The prosecution charges Coeymans the crimes of fraud, unfair administration, malicious use of a false private commercial instrument, “money laundering”, computer espionage and illicit access to a computer system.

Covid and the breakup with Amenábar

“Of course I had a return ticket for April 1 at 10:55 p.m. (see tickets) But I got sick with Covid and they gave me rest. I don’t know why they didn’t present those documents at the hearing,” says the main defendant in the Primus case. “You are informed here at the Ministry of Health and everything. I have COVID, but hey, everything is in order. I presented the medical certificate, which is an official medical certificate from the Peruvian Ministry of Health. And I presented the fee slip for the doctor who came to visit me,” he asserts.

At the hearing, the defense of the lawyer Antonio Guzmán, led by Germán Cueto and Rodrigo Arancibia, revealed that a few days ago he had filed an appeal for protection against Judge Leyton, which was declared inadmissible by two votes to one by the Court of Appeals of Santiago, and the appeal is pending in the Supreme Court. For that reason, the magistrate decided to disqualify herself. The audience finally It was postponed to May 10 At 9 o’clock.

“I have no intention of not living in Chile. “I am available for the May hearing,” she said.

And he added from Peru: “In summary, I was left with an arrest warrant for not attending, having a medical justification, a formalization hearing that was not held and dictated by a judge who was disqualified from hearing the case… it makes no sense. I have traveled several times in the last year with this investigation underway and as always I am going to return to Chile, because I live there and have family and I will prove in court what
unfair of this whole situation.”

In addition to lawyers Juan Domingo Acosta and Alberto Aguilera, the former general manager of Primus works on his defense with former prosecutor Manuel Guerra and Mario Vargas. The latter, in fact, was in charge of presenting an appeal for protection to reverse the arrest warrant, which the judge issued.

Within the framework of the ongoing investigation, a statement was given this Tuesday that – in Coeymans’ opinion – changed the course of events. This statement is that of the former commercial manager of the factoring, Ignacio Amenábar, with whom until just a month ago they jointly directed their defenses.

“We separated defense about a month ago, more or less. He hired (Miguel) Chávez as a lawyer and left Juan Domingo. And after that I honestly didn’t know anything about him. And he doesn’t talk to me because he owes me close to 200 million pesos that he doesn’t pay me. He hasn’t paid me a single peso. And he doesn’t answer me for the same reason. So, we finally stopped talking and finished this,” Coymans notes.

“He must have reached an agreement with Primus. I don’t understand why he testified and blatantly lied. And I have several pieces of evidence that prove that everything he says is a lie,” he says.