Esteban Pérez Corradi

Ibar Esteban Pérez Corradi (born July 16, 1977), usually identified as Esteban Pérez Corradi, is an Argentinian pharmaceutical entrepreneur who has been imprisoned for narcotics trafficking and money laundering and suspected of connections with a triple crime that took place in Argentina in 2008. At the time of his capture, on June 19, 2016 in Paraguay, he had been at large since March 20, 2012

After working for the National Bank from 1996 to 2002, during which time he also became involved in the narcotics trade, he became a successful financier in 2006.

He co-owns two firms, Odín Concept SRL, a pharmaceutical house, in which his partner is Pablo Héctor Quaranta, and C&C Building, a construction company, in which his partner is Martín Eduardo Lanatta.

In May 2008, Pérez Corradi became president of Elaboradora de Productos Biológicos S.A., while his “right-hand man,” Jorge Cabrera, became director of the firm.

He is said to have trafficked in illegal narcotics, including ephedrine. One source describes him as a member of a “cartel” that dealt in “precursor chemicals”; another identifies him as a member of a “drug mafia.” It has been reported that he got rich selling ephedrine to Mexicans, and that his suppliers were named Alfredo Abrahams and Josué Fucks (sic).

The “drug mafia” or “cartel” to which Perez Corradi belongs has been linked to Argentine president Cristina Fernández, a large percentage of whose campaign funds in 2007 came from pharmaceutical firms.

At one time, Pérez Corradi reportedly worked “informally” in the laboratory of Biopharma, a firm that contributed money to Cristina Kirchner's presidential campaign.

In recent years, Perez Corradi's name has been raised in connection with many drug trafficking cases. A few months after the so-called General Rodriguez triple murder (see below) in August 2008, he was one of several high-profile figures investigated for ephedrine trafficking and illegal trade in medicines that were the basis for ephedrine and crystal meth.

In August 2009, La Nación reported that the Federal Court of San Isidro had ordered the extradition of Pérez Corradi to the United States. This order was a response to an order of capture issued by a court in the state of Maine, which accused Pérez Corradi of having sent a parcel into the U.S. containing 80 oxycodone tablets, and which had led to the detention of Pérez Corradi on October 22, 2008. A request for his release was rejected in September 2010.

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