News of 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.

Cristina & the courts

Court hears duelling appeals in Fernández de Kirchner graft case

26-02-2024 20:22 Court begins hearing duelling appeals – prosecutors seek doubling of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's six-year jail term for graft in 'Vialidad' case, while former president's legal team asks for acquittal.

Gender violence in Spain

In Spain, child protection key to legal fight against gender violence

07-02-2024 12:02 The case of a man who killed his children to get back at his ex-wife has thrown the spotlight on Spain's child protection efforts, which are a central part of its legal battle against gender violence.