News of case

US backs Argentina in discovery fight in US$18-billion YPF case

27-02-2026 07:59 US government has previously backed Argentina in the case, urging courts not to allow the plaintiffs to seize majority stake in YPF.

Crime & Security

Olympic sailor’s former coach sentenced to six years in sex abuse case

20-12-2025 08:57 Court sentences Leandro Tulia, former coach of Olympic sailing medallist Eugenia Bosco, to six-and-a-half years in prison for sexual abuse; Case came to light after Bosco went public with her experience, prompting other victims to come forward.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Court sets March 17 start date for new trial into Diego Maradona’s death

04-12-2025 13:11 Seven healthcare professionals who cared for the legendary footballer towards the end of his life informed they will stand trial March 17 for homicide with possible malice aforethought – pursuing a course of action despite knowing it could lead to death.

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Court to define how new trial into Maradona’s death will proceed

02-12-2025 14:31 Tuesday’s hearing is preliminary. A previous trial was cancelled in May after it emerged that one of the case’s judges had taken part in a secret documentary about the proceedings.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court orders US$500-million asset seizure in ‘Vialidad’ corruption case

19-11-2025 23:30 Judges move to execute confiscation of more than 120 properties tied to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and others convicted in case; Supreme Court upheld ex-president’s conviction and updated the value of illicit gains.

POLITICS & CORRUPTION

‘Cuadernos’ corruption case – Cristina couldn’t not know

15-11-2025 05:00 In the ‘Cuadernos de las coimas’ corruption notebooks trial, there is a relationship between the facts and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner because bags of money went to her own home. If they were used “to fund politics” and not for her personal use, it is still a crime. At the very least, the former president is responsible for not having prevented it.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court doubles weekly hearings to speed up corruption trial

13-11-2025 10:59 Corruption notebooks trial will have hearings on Tuesday and Thursday each week, rules TOF7; Decision comes after intervention by Federal Cassation Court.

death of diego maradona

New trial over Maradona death will begin March 2026

05-11-2025 18:35 Seven medical staff to be retried for alleged negligence over football legend’s death in 2020; Previous trial was annulled in May following scandal over documentary involving one of case’s judges.

ARA SAN JUAN SUBMARINE

Macri in clear as Supreme Court closes ARA San Juan espionage case

29-10-2025 17:07 Argentina’s top court rejects legal push by victims’ relatives and rules to acquit former president Mauricio Macri and former intelligence officials of spying claims.

FIFA CORRUPTION CASE

Convictions in FIFA corruption case reinstated, rules court

03-07-2025 14:32 United States appeals court reinstates convictions of former Fox broadcasting executive and Argentine sports-marketing firm Full Play involved in the FIFA corruption scandal.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

12-06-2025 15:48 The many legal woes of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose corruption conviction has been confirmed and rendered definitive by Argentina’s Supreme Court.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term

15-05-2025 16:38 Attorney General Eduardo Casal urges Supreme Court to double jail term handed down to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption offences.

MENDOZA RAPE CASE

Appeals court throws out rape case against French rugby players

18-02-2025 20:25 Appeals judges on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against French rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Mendoza court hears bid to end rape case against French rugby players

25-11-2024 11:43 The Argentine justice began the examination of the request for dismissal for Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou, the two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape, nearly five months after the events that occurred on the sidelines of a tour of the French national rugby team.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court upholds Fernández de Kirchner’s graft conviction, sentence

13-11-2024 12:04 Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction on corruption charges; Also confirms six-years prison sentence and lifetime ban from public office; Partido Justicialista leader will likely challenge ruling before the Supreme Court.

COURT BLOW

Milei officials rage at opponents as UK court rules against Argentina

17-10-2024 12:00 Argentina loses bid for UK Supreme Court to hear its appeal on a ruling that will force the nation to pay $1.5 billion in damages to holders of the country’s growth-linked bonds.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Disgraced ex-deputy Kiczka refuses to answer child porn charges in court

30-08-2024 15:34 Germán Kiczka refuses to testify on Friday as he appeared before a judge in the city of Apóstoles to answer paedophilia and child pornography charges.

US COURT RULING

Debt default case: US appeals court delivers new legal setback

22-08-2024 00:43 A United States appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judicial ruling authorising an embargo on US Treasury bonds used by Argentina to guarantee the issuing of debt.

CUADERNOS CASE

‘Cuadernos’ graft case: Expert examination of manuscripts ordered

18-08-2024 17:24 Federal Oral Court 7 orders probe to check veracity of notebooks at the heart of controversial investigation.

POLITICS

Guillermo Moreno sentenced to three years in jail for INDEC data falsification

07-08-2024 15:36 Former Domestic Trade secretary Guillermo Moreno has been found guilty of falsifying inflation data and sentenced to three years behind bars and a six-year ban from public office.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK attempted murder trial: Carrizo says he 'would never kill'

04-07-2024 16:23 Nicolás Carrizo weeps as he defended himself in court on Wednesday, saying he would "never kill a person" during second hearing into September 2022 attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona court case progress, family makes mausoleum request

03-05-2024 17:47 Maradona’s children ask for his remains be transferred from a private cemetery to a mausoleum in downtown Puerto Madero.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jorge Lanata: ‘President Milei has the right to speak and criticise, but not to say just anything’

27-04-2024 05:15 One of Argentina’s most important journalists on his court case against President Javier Milei, pro-government reporters, the challenges facing the media and the nation’s new political order.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

GRAFT

Judge lifts tax and banking secrecy rules for Alberto Fernández

10-04-2024 17:03 Federal judge allows prosecutors to deepen investigation into graft allegations involving former president Alberto Fernández and host of other accused; Court order allows for a deep dive into veteran Peronist politician's financial history, with restrictions on banking and tax secrecy lifted.

BELSUNCE CASE

Court sentences Pachelo to life imprisonment for murder of murder of María Marta García Belsunce

27-03-2024 16:45 Ruling was delivered by the Buenos Aires Province Criminal Court of Appeals, more than 21 years after the murder of María Marta García Belsunce at a country club in northern Greater Buenos Aires.