CIPER: over 23 billion pesos of Chile's drought tanker spending went to two firms
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
CIPER reported that Chile spent 92 billion pesos on water tankers over seven years, and that more than 23 billion pesos went to companies linked to one businessman. The stake is water supply in a drought-hit region, where tanker contracts were awarded without tender.
- Chile's state budget — Paid 92 billion pesos in tanker spending over seven years CIPER
- Drought-affected residents of the Biobío region — Depended on tanker deliveries; the sources give no outcome data
What happened
CIPER reported in July 2017 that the state spent 92 billion pesos on water tankers over seven years, and that more than 23 billion pesos went to companies linked to one businessman.
CIPER reported that every tanker contract in the Biobío region from 2010 to May 2017 was awarded directly to two companies linked to that businessman, who received about 25 percent of national tanker spending since at least 2010.
CIPER reported that one company was co-owned with the businessman's wife and son, and that the regional government's finance chief was the sister-in-law of a PPD deputy who wrote to the oversight board on the businessman's behalf.
In court and with insurers
Lawsuits and rulings
Insurers
What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not reported in the sources reviewed: any penalty for the individuals or companies involved.
- None on record Not reported in the sources reviewed: profit margins on the tanker contracts.
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: Infraestructura Pública reported that nearly 10 billion had been spent on tanker trucks by 2022; the title does not state the currency and the figure is not reconciled with the CIPER figures.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Press and investigations
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