Justice added a new amount to the list of expenses of the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorniin the investigation for alleged illicit enrichment: on his trip to Aruba, in the Caribbean, the official spent almost $9,000 in cash to stay in two luxury resorts, as confirmed to THE NATION court sources.
In the first part of the trip, between December 29, 2024 and January 3, 2025, Adorni, his children, and his partner, Betina Angelettithey stopped at the Embassy Suites Hilton Aruba Beacha first-line hotel, a few minutes from the beach.
From January 3 to 9, 2025, they did so in the Divi Dutch Village Resortfurther south, but on the same coastal strip. In total, for the stay in both complexes, the official spent US$8,874., an amount that was paid in cash to the travel agency that organized the trip.
That summer’s trip had been confirmed last week by Justice through the tickets. Each of the tickets cost a total of 1450 dollars and the total amount – about $5,800 – was paid in cash, said a source working on the case.
Originally, the Latam company had informed the Court that the trip had been made in “Business (J)”, but then the company made a new presentation in court rectifying the information, and announcing that it had flown in “Premium Economy”, an intermediate category.
In the case, which is being processed in the court of Ariel Lijothe prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita reviews all of Adorni’s expenses to determine if the official’s lifestyle is consistent with his income.
The official’s debts
In the case, yesterday he declared Pablo Martín Feijoothe person in charge of the operation through which Adorni bought his apartment in Caballito, and maintained that the purchase and sale agreement contemplated a payment of 65 thousand dollars outside the deed, which was formally closed at 230 thousand dollars.
Feijoo is the son of one of the two retirees who bought the apartment in May 2025 with their savings and who, when selling it to Adorni, in November of that year, they charged him only 30 thousand dollars and postponed the payment of almost 85% remaining with a mortgage, which expires in November. The two women said that, although they bought and sold the apartment, Feijoo, who is a real estate developer, was the one who advised them and took care of all the details.
In addition, Adorni has another debt of $70,000 corresponding to his first mortgage, which also expires in November. In this way, Adorni owes 270 thousand dollars that are documented and expire in November, and another 65 thousand, as stated by Feijoo yesterday.
