Alfredo Yabrán

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Alfredo Yabrán (1944 – May 21, 1998) was a powerful businessman in Argentina, with deep links with the government, in particular with the Carlos Saúl Menem administration. Among other things, he owned the private courier company OCASA, and the immense (253,000m² or 2,723,269 sq ft of which 60,000 m² or 645,834 sq ft are covered) EDCADASSA warehouses at the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires.

Yabrán was extremely secretive and jealous of his privacy. After the murder of photojournalist José Luis Cabezas, who had been investigating Yabrán, he was forced to come out in public and face the suspicions of society.

In 1998, at a crucial moment of the murder investigation, Yabrán was found dead in one of his houses, with a gunshot through his face, which was nearly unrecognizable.

Even though forensic research established that the body was Yabrán's, many Argentinians were not convinced. Mainstream media doubted the theory of suicide, given the length of the gunshot's barrel and Yabrán's arms. The investigation dragged on and the case was largely forgotten, but reports of purported sightings of Yabrán were abundant, and to this day many people believe he faked his own death and is living somewhere else.