The Deputy Secretary of the Presidency presented evidence showing that, during the contracting process with the Galician shipbuilder, falsified documents were submitted to back the guarantees required by the Uruguayan State.

The information was forwarded to the parliamentary investigative commission examining the contract—awarded during President Luis Lacalle Pou’s administration—for the construction of the two vessels at a cost of 82 million euros.

The submission now includes the authentic record drawn up by Spanish notary Luis Calabuig Leyva, allowing for a comparison with the documentation Cardama had presented to the Ministry of Defense.

According to the Uruguayan government, the evidence points to tampering, corroborating the notary’s own earlier report regarding possible falsification.

Subsequently, another Spanish notary, Ignacio Martinez Gil, conducted an expert analysis of the so-called “declaratory records” submitted by Cardama and concluded that they contained inconsistencies and alterations.

His report suggested that the most likely explanation was the use of fragments from various documents to create new versions with different content.

In the communication sent to Parliament, Jorge Diaz stated that all documentation would be forwarded to the judicial authorities as a supplement to the criminal complaint, as it provides new elements to clarify the facts under investigation regarding the contract with the Spanish shipyard.

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