Additionally, official documentation details that Aguirre presented herself with diverse occupations, declaring to be a bricklayer, cook, communicator, caregiver, student, and maintenance worker, a strategy that reinforces suspicions about the lack of real activity of these cooperatives.
INAES justified the suspension by pointing out that the constitution of cooperatives with diverse social purposes, repeated members, and distant locations is impractical in practice, leading to the conclusion that many of them were created with fraudulent purposes.
The suspended cooperatives
This new measure is not an isolated event, as it is part of the Reorganization and Control Plan promoted by the management of Sandra Pettovello, which has already led to the suspension of nearly 5,000 cooperatives and 417 mutuals due to lack of documentation or regulatory non-compliance.
In January of this year, INAES had deregistered 7,873 cooperatives that did not comply with regulations, in an attempt to dismantle the parasitic structures that benefited from state resources without providing a real service to the community.
One of the most serious cases was the so-called Guardapolvos Case, in which 33 cooperatives linked to Kirchnerist movements were investigated for money laundering. These organizations received millions of pesos from the state, but did not fulfill the agreed production.
An audit also revealed that their workers, beneficiaries of the Potenciar Trabajo program, were exploited in semi-slavery conditions.
The suspension of these cooperatives marks a new chapter in the fight against the discretionary use of public resources and reinforces the commitment to a more transparent state free from clientelism. The Government of Javier Milei remains firm in its crusade against corruption and the theft of public funds.
