Declassified documents reveal efforts before the Argentine administration in 2010
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In 2010, the American financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein launched a commercial offensive in an attempt to sell a helicopter to the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The maneuver was exposed after the recent declassification of documents by the United States Department of Justice, which reveal details of the efforts made to place a Sikorsky S-76C++ aircraft in the official Argentine fleet.
According to the files, Epstein sought to take advantage of an ongoing tender to offer the helicopter, which he identified as “750” in private communications. The asking price was USD 12.5 million, an amount that, according to the internal exchanges, exceeded the recommendations of the market and of the manufacturer itself to secure the deal.
Sikorsky S-76C++.
The efforts were coordinated by his lawyers Larry and Darren Indyke, together with broker George Reenstra. At first, the strategy involved presenting the aircraft at an official exhibition scheduled for January 2010. However, the administrative timelines and internal decisions of the Argentine state cooled the initial enthusiasm.
As the months went by and in the absence of progress, Epstein's circle tried to reformulate the proposal. They even explored a swap arrangement with the manufacturer and argued that Argentine officials had already evaluated the helicopter's technical specifications and were satisfied with its condition.
The pressure increased in August of that year, when the financier's broker held meetings at the Argentine Consulate in New York. There, an attempt was made to convince national technicians to opt for immediate delivery instead of waiting for new models. They even considered the possibility of transferring an official delegation to the Virgin Islands to inspect the aircraft, a territory where the FBI later confirmed that Epstein operated his criminal network.
Jeffret Epstein junto a Bill Clinton.
Finally, the negotiations were cut off toward the end of August 2010, coinciding with Argentina's decision to acquire aircraft of Russian origin, which left no room for the deal promoted by the tycoon.
The declassification is part of the so-called “Epstein case,” which already totals more than three million public documents, in addition to thousands of videos and images incorporated into the court file after his death in 2019, when he was in custody accused of leading an international network of sexual exploitation of minors.
