The intermediary in the Koldo affair, Víctor de Aldama, negotiated a purchase of gold that the Venezuelan government made from Vladimir Putin’s Russia and which arrived in Caracas on a flight that stopped in Zambia, where it was not stated what the person was actually carrying. plane. According to the loading declaration from Zambian authorities accessed by ABC, 104 gold bars were disguised as 4,000 kilos of medical supplies.
The file, accompanied by a whole battery of evidence between text messages, audios and images by the UCO at the National Court, which shows the fluid relationship between Aldama and Nicolás Maduro’s number two, Delcy Rodríguez, reveals that the man of business was in an intermediate position between her and the company: she informed it both of the gold purchase contract and the terms of its transfer.
One of the documents Aldama sent him was this report from the Zambian Civil Aviation Department, which said it was simply a flight operated by the Russian tour operator I Fly which was doing cargo work and had “4,000 kg of material” on board. “sanitary” of Lusakka Kuanda in Caracas.
The plane, an Airbus in which 16 people, “all Russian”, including the pilot and crew, would travel, would arrive in Zambia at 6 a.m. on January 2, 2020 and leave the facilities that day after eight a.m. . . afternoon to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela.
The declaration was signed by the pilot on December 28, 2019, just three weeks before Delcy Rodríguez traveled to Spain on an expedition organized by Aldama himself with the approval of the then Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos , which in turn obtained authorization from the president of the government, Pedro Sánchez. All this, despite the fact that he was prohibited from setting foot on European Union soil due to sanctions imposed on Venezuela for human rights violations.
Cargo declaration to Zambian authorities
The cargo, as ABC has already reported, is the result of the previous contract that the Chavista government signed through its National Development Fund, Fonden SA, an entity attached to the Ministry of People’s Power of the Economy Venezuelan, through the commercial company Bancasa, will acquire 1,285 kilos of gold, in the form of 104 bars, for an amount of 61.6 million US dollars, as indicated in the document that Aldama and Delcy Rodríguez have exchanged and which was provided to the cause.
The agreement was signed on December 27, just a day before the flight carrying the purported medical supplies left Zambia for Caracas. “Didn’t I tell you that the yellow thing is already ready and that it leaves on Thursday for 350”, the commission agent informed him on the 29th.
