Defense minister Barros declares over $30 billion in investments

Chile's Defense Minister Fernando Barros Tocornal submitted a 48-page asset declaration to the Comptroller General of the Republic detailing over $30 billion in financial instruments. It includes a $10.445 million trust with Picton and a broad portfolio of bonds and funds. Barros also reported corporate stakes, real estate, and vehicles.

Fernando Barros Tocornal, Defense Minister and former partner at Barros & Errázuriz, reported a portfolio management contract with Picton Administradora General de Fondos for $10.445 million, signed on April 10, 2026, before notary Andrés Felipe Rieutord Alvarado.

His portfolio includes about $15 billion in bonds across nearly 48 positions, such as Cemex ($661 million), CMPC ($649 million), BCI ($394 million), and international banks like USB ($551 million) and HSBC ($617 million). He also holds $5 billion in investment fund quotas, led by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF at $2.411 million.

Barros listed $2 billion in term deposits, including one at Itaucorp for $1.003 million, and rights worth $8 billion, such as $6.935 million from Inversiones Familiares BV. He owns stakes in Inmobiliaria Macul (20%), Agrícola Puerto Coihue (98%), and Rentas Quilín.

Real estate includes a property in El Coigüe at Lago Todos Los Santos in Puerto Varas, with a fiscal appraisal of $152 million, plus shares in farms and properties in Zapallar and Isla de Maipo. He also declared three vehicles, including a 2019 Mercedes Benz S 560 valued at $65 million.

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Illustration of President Milei defending Adorni against Bullrich's demand for asset declaration amid corruption probe.
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Milei ratifies Adorni as Bullrich demands early filing of his asset declaration

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President Javier Milei defended Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni amid a judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment. Senator Patricia Bullrich called for him to immediately submit his asset declaration to clarify his wealth.

Chile's Minister of Science and Technology, Ximena Lincolao, disclosed assets worth US$60.903.336 in her official declaration, ranking her among the richest in President José Antonio Kast's cabinet. She credits her wealth to the successful sale of her startup Phone2Action and other US investments. Of Mapuche origin, Lincolao describes her path as fulfilling her 'American dream'.

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Judge María Servini ordered a preventive embargo of 859.516 billion pesos on the assets of Elías Piccirillo and other currency exchange operators. The step was taken at the request of prosecutor Carlos Stornelli in a probe into alleged irregular dollar blue operations during Alberto Fernández's government.

Matías Tabar appeared before prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita on Friday and handed over invoices, delivery notes and chat screenshots regarding renovations at Manuel Adorni’s house in the Indio Cuá country club.

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Security Minister Trinidad Steinert denied before the Senate Security Committee any involvement in the exit of PDI's former Intelligence subdirector, Consuelo Peña, and dismissed rumors of a romantic relationship with a subprefect. Steinert expressed discomfort over reports linking her time as regional prosecutor in Tarapacá to the decision. She also presented the government's Integral Public Security Plan.

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Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni will face press questions on Friday at 1 p.m. just before a cabinet meeting, as a judicial probe into alleged illicit enrichment advances.

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