News of courts

Court between a rock and a hard place

21-01-2023 06:56 Both the 1947 and the 2002-2003 purges accomplished their missions but we may well be taking current events too seriously if we expect a similar outcome now.

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

18-01-2023 11:43 Eight individuals – all aged between 21 and 23 – are accused of killing teenager Fernando Báez Sosa on January 18, 2020 in Villa Gesell.

President Fernández seeks to impeach Supreme Court chief

02-01-2023 12:42 President Alberto Fernández seeks impeachment of leader of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, a manoeuvre that escalates his recent feud with the Judiciary.

Alberto Fernández now says he’ll comply with top court order

26-12-2022 14:00 Days after saying he would not comply with a Supreme Court order that called for it to return federal funds to the Buenos Aires City government, President Alberto Fernández says will he honour the decision.

Cristina says she won't be a candidate in 2023 elections

07-12-2022 08:54 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner rails against “parallel state and judicial mafia” in an hour-long livestream broadcast reacting to corruption conviction, in which the former president declares she will not run in next year’s election campaign.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: powerful, divisive, and tainted by fraud

07-12-2022 01:06 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has drawn adoration and hatred in equal measure, and even a fraud conviction is unlikely to push her out of the corridors of power anytime soon.

Cabinet ministers accuse opposition of judicial ‘prostitution’

01-12-2022 01:15 Interior Minister Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedro accuses opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition of having corrupt ties with the Judiciary, comparing them to prostitution.

Fernández de Kirchner brands court 'firing squad' as graft trial nears end

29-11-2022 13:50 One hearing remains in ‘Vialidad’ trial, on December 6 – the same day a verdict is expected, though judges technically have up to 10 days to rule.

CFK's legal team requests judge’s removal from probe into attack

14-11-2022 18:14 Vice-president’s legal team seeks recusal of Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti in strong terms, accusing her of failing to investigate the so-called ‘Casablanca trail’ and alleging that she neither “knows nor wants to investigate” crime thoroughly.

Judge indicts four Revolución Federal members for ‘inciting hate’

03-11-2022 23:18 Judge charges four members of far-right group Revolución Federal with "inciting hatred, intolerance and collective violence against a president."

Alleged dictatorship torturer Mario Sandoval stands trial, 46 years on

15-09-2022 13:54 Trial of the former police officer Mario Sandoval, extradited from France in 2019 and charged with the disappearance of a young man during Argentina's dictatorship, begins in Buenos Aires.

Third person arrested in Fernández de Kirchner assassination probe

13-09-2022 21:19 Investigation into failed shooting attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner takes another turn as a third individual – named in local media as Agustina Díaz, a friend of the assailant's partner Brenda Uliarte – is taken into custody by police.

The problem is not other people, but us

09-09-2022 10:48 Following the attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the only thing on which both sides agree is that the blame belongs to the discourse of hatred which the other side foment.

by Gustavo González

Investigators probe CFK attacker's potential links to far-right groups

09-09-2022 10:33 Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti and Prosecutor Carlos Rívolo have made arrests, continued to gather information, and come to the conclusion that the attempted attack was premeditated and potentially carried out by a larger group and not a “lone wolf.”

Judge: Attacker and girlfriend 'planned' attempted hit on CFK

08-09-2022 03:11 Fernando Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, planned the attack on Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to preliminary charges filed by judge probing the case.

Investigators find images showing CFK attacker, girlfriend posing with gun

06-09-2022 17:53 Investigators uncover images of suspected attacker, Fernando André Sabag Montiel, and his girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, posing with what they believe is the weapon used in failed shooting attack.

Investigators fear crucial info on CFK attacker's mobile phone may be lost

04-09-2022 18:36 Multiple reports suggest attacker's mobile phone has been reset to factory mode, potentially putting at risk vital information; Sources say no fingerprints were found on the Bersa Thunder .32-calibre gun allegedly used by Sabag Montiel in the attack due to melee that followed attempted shooting.

Macri says Kirchnerism is using attack on VP to persecute ‘symbolic enemies’

04-09-2022 16:18 Former president Mauricio Macri has accused members of Argentina’s government of using last Thursday's attack on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for political gain.

Police find ammunition at suspect’s home, Fernández de Kirchner testifies

02-09-2022 19:17 Brazilian-born suspect’s home was raided by police on Friday; Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was unharmed in attack, visited by the judge and prosecutor.

International condemnation of failed attack on CFK floods in

02-09-2022 18:08 Messages of shock and solidarity poured in from around the world Friday after a man tries to shoot Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in an attack captured on video. The Pope, Latin American leaders and the UN Rights office in Geneva among those to send messages of support to Argentina’s vice-president.