The investigation concerns a passport issued to an internationally wanted drug-trafficking suspect.
Interior minister Luis Alberto Heber is the second Uruguayan cabinet member to resign, following foreign minister Francisco Bustillo, in the scandal.
Interior minister Luis Alberto Heber, a cabinet undersecretary, and a chief advisor to President Luis Lacalle Pou will no longer be in the coalition government from Monday, the president announced on Saturday evening.The investigation is examining how Sebastian Marset, the alleged drug trafficker, received a Uruguayan passport while being detained in the United Arab Emirates over forged documents in late 2012. He was ultimately let go.
The president, who returned on Saturday from a meeting with US president Joe Biden, said the passport should have been issued to Marset in accordance with Uruguay’s laws.
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