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March 19, 2010
José Miguel Steigmeier the circle of iron
Paul Schafer
Bío Bío Governor appointed by Piñera helped launder money from the Colonia Dignidad
Steigmeier actively collaborated in this money laundering and participating land buying companies created by the German enclave in the early 90 ', after former President Patricio Aylwin will revoke the legal status.
Steigmeier involvement is proven in several lawsuits over the former Villa Baviera, but mostly in a statement that the doctor Hatmutt Hopp, one of the members of the iron circle of "Uncle permanent ", as nicknamed Schafer-lent to the Minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago, Jorge Zepeda.
This occurred in late 2005, when Hopp decided to break the pact of silence about the activities of the German enclave and revealed how it came network of money laundering through offshore Saint Islands Kitts and Nevis, where he also obtained fake documents to Schafer and his stepdaughter Rebecca.
Steigmeier - a vice president of the National Society of Agriculture - was also investigated by hiding victims abused by Schafer in the farm Santa Matilde
Hopp was convicted in the so-called weapons of the colonial case , where these facts lend support .
Schafer The money used to live in hiding in the neighboring country was triangulated through several banks, one of which the Chemical Bank, precisely the one used by Pinochet, among many others, to hide the money I kept in the Riggs Bank of America. Hopp also spent money for Uruguay, which in those years late 90's, early 2000 - had a weak anti-money laundering legislation.
But the money was to have a mirror in Chile. According to Hopp himself, then passed the funds to "persons who have handled independently."
And there is again Steigmeier, owner of properties in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, who along with attorney Edgardo Enrique Veloso and Neumann, formed the company called "Tierra Negra" . The latter bought land for $ 1 million into Los Angeles with funds that were triangulated and in trust in Canada.
Steigmeier - a vice president of the National Society of Agriculture - was also investigated by hiding victims abused by Schafer in the farm Santa Matilde. This is the case of Angel Except occurred in 1997, who was "caring" by the settler Ernest Schreiber, son of Albert, another member of the circle of iron ruler and chief financial officer of the enclave.
Steigmeier, along with Veloso and Neumann, traveled several times to Buenos Aires when Schafer lived there in hiding. The first, also appears next to the chief in a photograph, of the few known. Also witnessed this behavior last legal form of the old system of profit-making process during the pendency of a summary criminal, such as probation.
The attachment of the entrepreneur with the Enclave comes to the point that his father died in the hospital (Neukra) of Colonia Dignidad. His brother is the current Bishop of Villarrica, Archbishop Francisco Javier Steigmeier, who assumed the episcopal office almost a year ago, the newspaper La Tribuna de Los Angeles .
The governor who was anointed with Steigmeier, it was announced a few days ago the minister of Interior, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, and government spokeswoman Ena von Baer. They said the opportunity, the choice of these authorities it was an "extremely demanding and meticulous process."
Editor's note: This newspaper tried José Miguel Steigmeier locate the National Society of Agriculture, but said it was not, giving a phone from Los Angeles where he was not there.
Source: http://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2010/03/19/gobernador-del-bio-bio-designado-por-pinera-ayudo-a-lavar-dinero-de -la-colony-dignity /
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