The Ducler Case

A political assassination and financial scandal with global implications

The Ducler Case exposes a political assassination and financial scandal with global implications: in 2017, financier Aldo Ducler blew the whistle on the billion-dollar fraud behind the diversion of Santa Cruz funds, the fraudulent Eskenazi acquisition of YPF, and Burford Capital’s $16 billion lawsuit against Argentina. Within 48 hours, he was dead under suspicious circumstances — the result of a staged medical operation, falsified records, and a judicial cover-up. His son, Juan Manuel Ducler, inherited both the evidence and the persecution: four fabricated criminal cases, 268 days without seeing his daughter, and years of harassment designed to silence him. Today, with all charges dismissed, the case is taken before the DOJ, SDNY, IACHR, OHCHR, ICC, SEC, and FBI, demanding international justice, protection for whistleblowers, and accountability for the political, financial, and intelligence networks that orchestrated one of the largest corruption schemes in modern history

👤 Who Was Aldo Ducler?

Aldo Luis Ducler was not just a financier — he was a central figure in Argentina’s financial system:

👉 President of Mercado Abierto Group, valued at $ 100 million in 1999

👉 President of the South American Foundation and the Argentine Chamber of Open Markets

👉 Director of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce, the Electronic Open Market, and the Exportar Foundation

👉 Recognized as one of the most important bankers of the 1990s

🕯️ In 2017, Aldo Ducler became a whistleblower

What he exposed — a billion-dollar fraud — would ultimately cost him his life

💥 The YPF Scandal

On May 30, 2017, Aldo Ducler submitted a formal report to Argentina’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), denouncing a billion-dollar corruption scheme involving:

💰 Diversion of Santa Cruz funds

🏦 Fraudulent acquisition of 25% of YPF by Grupo Petersen

🕳️ Lack of state oversight and transparency

⚖️ Burford Capital’s litigation profits

🕯️ 48 hours later — on June 1, 2017 — Aldo Ducler collapsed in downtown Buenos Aires and was declared dead under suspicious circumstances

🕵️ Grupo Petersen, Larcher & the Intelligence Services

👉 Francisco “Paco” Larcher

• Close friend of Néstor Kirchner

• Deputy Director of SIDE (2003–2014)

• Previously worked with the Eskenazi family in Banco de Santa Cruz (1998–2003) — the epicenter of diverted provincial funds

• Placed in SIDE by Kirchner with the mission to control the Eskenazi group and manage the Santa Cruz funds

👉 Role in YPF Fraud

• As superior to Antonio “Jaime” Stiuso, Larcher shielded the fraudulent acquisition of 25% of YPF (2008–2011) by Grupo Petersen

• Acquisition was carried out with almost no capital, financed through dividends and international loans

👉 After Kirchner’s Death (2010)

• Larcher and the Eskenazi family emptied Swiss accounts

• The Santa Cruz funds disappeared

👉 Private Intelligence Links

• Larcher served as director of Impera Group, tied to private intelligence networks and ex-CIA operatives

• Maintains close ties with Silvia Majdalani (Deputy Director of AFI, 2015–2019), who played a role in the cover-up of Aldo Ducler’s assassination

👉 International Connections

• Stiuso and Sergio Szpolski were connected to the Mossad, which may have provided international logistics

🚨 Indicators of Cover-Up and State Crime

The death of Aldo Ducler shows multiple red flags consistent with a State-sponsored crime:

❌ Documentary Irregularities

• Contradictory medical and judicial reports

• Suppression of key data, such as the documented ventricular fibrillation

❌ Protocol Violations

• Unjustified delays in transport

• Breaches of emergency care standards and chain of custody

❌ Judicial Cover-Up

• Case closed prematurely as “natural death”

• No indictments, despite strong proof of wrongdoing

❌ High-Level Coordination

• Alliance between the Eskenazi Clan (Grupo Petersen) and Argentine intelligence leadership

• Direct links between Larcher, Majdalani, and Stiuso

❌ International Support

• Mossad logistical involvement, reported publicly by a journalist funded by the Eskenazi Clan

• Media leaks used to distract from local intellectual authorship

❌ Political & Judicial Complicity

• WhatsApp exchanges between Buenos Aires City’s Secretary of Security and Prosecutor Peres

• SAME (public emergency service) and Argerich Hospital — both under the influence of Daniel Angelici — showed severe irregularities

❌ Persecution of Juan Manuel Ducler

• After his public denunciation, he endured 7+ years of fabricated criminal cases, judicial harassment, and forced family isolation

• Aim: to exhaust, ruin, and silence the whistleblower

⚠️ Overall Conclusion

These elements reveal a planned, multi-level operation involving:

• Political operators

• Judicial actors

• Intelligence services

• International logistical support

All executed to:

1. Carry out and cover up the assassination of Aldo Ducler

2. Systematically persecute his son, the surviving whistleblower

👤 A Persecuted Son

📌 Whistleblower Status

• On June 2, 2017, Juan Manuel Ducler formally ratified his father’s denunciation before the UIF, making him an official whistleblower under Argentine law

🚨 Persecution Suffered

👉 4 fabricated criminal cases opened against him

👉 268 days without seeing his daughter, used as psychological pressure

👉 Media smear campaigns aimed at destroying his credibility

👉 Harassment by intelligence-linked prosecutors to exhaust him legally and financially

✅ Outcome

• After seven years, Juan Manuel was acquitted of all charges, proving the baseless and persecutory nature of the accusations

🌍 International Implications

• In 2015, Burford Capital acquired the rights to sue Argentina over the YPF takeover

• This lawsuit — valued at more than $ 16 billion — is rooted in the very scheme that Aldo Ducler denounced just days before his death

⚠️ Why It Matters Globally

This is not just a national tragedy, but a global corruption case involving:

👉 Sovereign assets looted and diverted abroad

👉 Offshore financial networks used to conceal funds

👉 Political collusion across borders

👉 Predatory litigation and exploitation in international courts

👉 Wall Street investors directly harmed through YPF’s NYSE listing

✅ Bottom Line

The Ducler Case is not only about Argentina — it is about the intersection of corruption, finance, and justice worldwide

⚖️ Why This Case Matters

✅ Expose large-scale fraud

Uncover the $16B YPF scheme and the corruption networks behind it

✅ Defend the rule of law

Demand independent justice free from political and financial interference

✅ Protect whistleblowers

Ensure safety for those who speak out against state crimes

✅ Hold power accountable

Bring politicians, financiers, and intelligence operators to justice

📢 Call to Action

This is not only about solving a crime — it is about defending truth, justice, and the right of all people to live without impunity.

We Demand:

👉 Immediate reopening of Criminal Case No. 33168/2017, wrongfully closed as a “natural death” despite evidence of a State-sponsored crime

👉 An independent, comprehensive forensic review, carried out by national and international experts, examining every medical record, emergency log, and judicial action

👉 Justice for all responsible — public officials, doctors, judicial operators, and political figures who participated in the execution, cover-up, or persecution of the whistleblower

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