00:00Now in Argentina, Millet's cabinet takes a heavy blow with the indictment of legislator José Luis Esper
00:06for receiving economic favors and having ties to drug trafficking.
00:10Esper, a close ally of the president, is accused of maintaining relations with Fred Machado,
00:16a convicted drug trafficker in Argentina.
00:18According to various sources, evidence was presented of Esper's use of the criminal's private plane
00:23and bulletproof cards for his election campaign travel.
00:26In this context, three and a half weeks before the legislative elections,
00:31Millet is in an internal dilemma about whether to remove Esper from the candidacy
00:36or defend him against the alleged charges.
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