News of jail

Russian court jails four in 2018 Argentine embassy luggage cocaine case

20-01-2022 14:36 A Russian court on Thursday sentenced four men to lengthy jail terms for trying to smuggle nearly 400 kilogrammes of cocaine in suitcases from the Russian Embassy in Argentina.

JUDICIAL SCANDAL IN CHUBUT

Judge faces disciplinary action after allegedly kissing inmate serving life term

04-01-2022 15:59 Judge Mariel Suárez accused of kissing inmate her court jailed the previous week during prison visit. She denies having a "sentimental relationship" with the inmate and that she went to see him because she is "doing a book on his story."

Latin America's jails

More than 100 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence

30-09-2021 15:55 The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL UNREST

Bolivia ex-leader Áñez tried to 'take her own life' in prison, says lawyer

22-08-2021 08:44 Bolivia's former interim president, right-wing leader Jeanine Áñez, tried to "self-injure" herself in the prison where she is being held and has "scratches" on her arm, but her health is stable.

Political crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela frees key opposition leader accused of treason, terrorism

16-08-2021 10:17 Key Venezuelan opposition figure released just days after the start of new talks between the opposition and government.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Former vice-president Amado Boudou granted parole

23-07-2021 15:33 Argentina’s former vice-president, jailed for crimes related to the irregular acquisition of a major money-printing firm, granted parole after serving two-thirds of his 70-month prison sentence.

ex-interim president

Bolivia's Áñez authorised for transfer from prison to hospital

20-03-2021 09:18 Bolivia's former interim president Jeanine Áñez will be allowed to transfer from prison to a hospital following poor health, a panel of judges said Friday, less than a week after her arrest on charges linked to the ousting of her predecessor Evo Morales.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Lázaro Báez gets 12 years, but no immediate return to jail

27-02-2021 08:28 Iconic Kirchnerite businessman sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for money-laundering an estimated US$55 million between 2010 and 2013.

JAILED SOCIAL LEADER

Supreme Court upholds two-year prison sentence against Milagro Sala

13-02-2021 09:48 Jailed Tupac Amaru social activist Milagro Sala, considered a ‘political prisoner’ by most Kirchnerite figures, condemns the decision.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Supreme Court upholds ex-VP Boudou’s graft conviction

05-12-2020 09:32 Former vice-president’s conviction for irregularities in sale of Ciccone money-printing firm upheld.

Lava Jato

Bolsonaro says he 'ended' Lava Jato corruption probe

08-10-2020 17:10 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he has ended the country's biggest-ever corruption probe as there is "no more corruption in the government."

Corruption & the courts

Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido

02-10-2020 01:18 Federal Criminal Cassation Court confirms trials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Julio De Vido and a host of businessmen, ruling objections from vice-president's legal team to be "inadmissible."

Lava Jato

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

15-09-2020 08:24 Prosecutors in sprawling 'Lava Jato' corruption investigation charge former president with money-laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: September 5 to 12

12-09-2020 09:33 Key stories that caught our eye during the last seven days in Argentina.

by Michael Soltys

KIRCHNERITE TYCOON

Lázaro Báez granted house arrest – but protests keep him behind bars

08-09-2020 16:50 Kirchnerite businessman Lázaro Báez, behind bars for more than four years over corruption and money-laundering allegations, granted house arrest. But residents at the gated community at which he is due to reside block access to his property.

AS I SEE IT

Corruption refuses to go away

11-07-2020 09:23 The Kirchnerites could soon have considerably less power than they have today. Without it, Cristina will find it impossible to break free from her chequered past.

by James Neilson

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Lázaro Báez granted house arrest but yet to be released

10-07-2020 16:32 Alleged Kirchnerite frontman, who stands accused of raft of corruption offences, granted house arrest by court, prompting angry reaction from his future neighbours. Release will not be until next week at earliest, with row over high bail set as part of condition.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Cuadernos: Judge pulls trial order against Fernández de Kirchner

23-06-2020 23:48 Citing a lack of evidence, Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez De Giorgi cancels trial order against vice-president related to a chapter of the 'Cuadernos' notebooks graft case related to the Techint multinational. De Vido also among beneficiaries.

News of jail

Russian court jails four in 2018 Argentine embassy luggage cocaine case

Judge faces disciplinary action after allegedly kissing inmate serving life term

More than 100 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence

Bolivia ex-leader Áñez tried to 'take her own life' in prison, says lawyer

Venezuela frees key opposition leader accused of treason, terrorism

Former vice-president Amado Boudou granted parole

Bolivia's Áñez authorised for transfer from prison to hospital

Lázaro Báez gets 12 years, but no immediate return to jail

Supreme Court upholds two-year prison sentence against Milagro Sala

Supreme Court upholds ex-VP Boudou’s graft conviction

Bolsonaro says he 'ended' Lava Jato corruption probe

Court confirms corruption trail for Fernández de Kirchner, De Vido

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

What we learned this week: September 5 to 12

Lázaro Báez granted house arrest – but protests keep him behind bars

Corruption refuses to go away

Lázaro Báez granted house arrest but yet to be released

Cuadernos: Judge pulls trial order against Fernández de Kirchner

Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

Buenos Aires adapts tentatively to post-pandemic urban living

Judge to close ‘Olivosgate’ case in exchange for donations by president, first lady

Argentina’s forgotten African roots

Health Ministry probing first suspected case of monkeypox in Argentina

A pesar de representar a la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, la diputada de Milei gastó todos los pasajes aéreos del Estado

Testigo en casa de Pettinato: "Los vi muy eufóricos a Felipe y al médico pocas horas antes del incendio"

Milagro en el microcentro porteño: se arrojó desde el piso 11 y se salvó

Las confesiones de Adolf Eichmann a un periodista en Buenos Aires salen a la luz 65 años después

Viruela del mono: "alta probabilidad" de que el caso sospechoso en Buenos Aires sea positivo