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Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

Today 11:44 Pre-empting her likely impeachment and removal from office, Julieta Makintach sends a letter to Governor Kicillof announcing she will resign her post in order to help “rebuild institutional prestige.”

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

29-05-2025 17:53 The trial over Diego Maradona’s death has been annulled after a judge involved secretly participated in a documentary; Julieta Makintach has been suspended and disgraced, forcing a full restart of proceedings.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

29-05-2025 13:04 Trial into the death of Diego Armando Maradona declared null and void by San Isidro court following the scandal involving Julieta Makintach, one of the three judges overseeing the case.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

28-05-2025 12:33 The fate of the trial into Diego Maradona's will be decided on Thursday, following a scandal involving one of the judges over her participation in a documentary about the case.

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Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

27-05-2025 21:47 Judge Julieta Makintach forced to recuse herself following outcry; Court says it will decide Thursday if case goes to retrial.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

27-05-2025 09:14 The future of the trial for the death of star Diego Maradona will be defined Tuesday following questions about a judge's impartiality.

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Maradona death trial suspended as judge's impartiality questioned

20-05-2025 16:04 Court proceedings suspended for a week amid controversy; Questions about a judge's impartiality prompt delay in trial in Maradona's death.

JUDICIARY & COURTS

Milei appoints Lijo, García-Mansilla to Supreme Court by decree

25-02-2025 18:45 President Javier Milei bypasses Congress to appoint his nominations for Supreme Court justice by decree “until end of next legislative period.”

COURTS

Alberto Fernández appears in court to challenge judge

04-02-2025 08:16 Presenting himself before appeals court judge Roberto Boico, veteran Peronist ex-president Alberto Fernández appears in court to denounce Judge Julián Ercolini’s "manifest hostility" towards him in insurance corruption case.

POLITICS

Milei tells top legal official Rodolfo Barra to resign

25-01-2025 10:15 President Javier Milei has sacked Rodolfo Barra, the attorney general of Argentina’s Treasury.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine judge orders arrest of Nicaragua's Ortega over rights violations

30-12-2024 19:57 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo orders arrest Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Vice-President Rosario Murillo and a dozen other collaborators for "systematic violation of human rights."

COURTS

Ex-Chubut judge who kissed cop-killer acquitted of criminal charges

23-10-2024 15:56 Former Comodoro Rivadavia magistrate Mariel Alejandra Suárez, who lost her job after being caught on CCTV kissing a convict she previously jailed, has been cleared of criminal charges.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Venezuela seeks arrest of Argentine judge who ordered plane seizure

30-09-2024 15:45 Venezuela says it will seek the arrest of the Argentine judge who authorised the seizure of a cargo plane in Buenos Aires two years ago.

POLITICS, CONGRESS & COURTS

Ariel Lijo defends Supreme Court candidacy before Senate

22-08-2024 19:22 Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, whose nomination for the nation’s highest tribunal has been questioned by politicians across the spectrum, pushes back against criticism in eight-hour hearing.

CRIME & SECURITY

Santiago Maldonado: Courts reopens case, sidelines Judge Lleral

13-05-2024 15:08 Comodoro Rivadavia federal court rules out a forced disappearance but accepts appeal from dead youth’s family and human rights organisations questioning impartiality of magistrate leading case.

SUPREME COURT NOMINATION

Consent and dissent for Ariel Lijo on road to Supreme Court

01-05-2024 22:59 International Legal Forum gives its support to Ariel Lijo’s bid occupy a Supreme Court bench. The federal judge’s colleagues, including María Romilda Servini de Cubría, also back his nomination, but several NGOs challenge federal judge's credentials with objections on "ethical" grounds.

Corruption & the Courts

Ex-president Alberto Fernández formally indicted for fraud

06-03-2024 15:46 Federal prosecutor Ramiro González formally indicts ex-president Alberto Fernández and other former officials on charges of fraud in insurance contracts awarded by the ANSES social security administration.

ELECTIONS 2023

La Libertad Avanza walk back election fraud claims

17-11-2023 17:14 Libertarian party’s lawyer presents Twitter screenshots and press clippings to support allegations of irregularities, but says LLA isn’t denouncing fraud but seeking greater precautions.

ELECTION 2023: RUN-OFF

Concern over libertarian fraud claims with tight run-off expected

17-11-2023 07:20 Argentines go to the polls on Sunday to decide if Sergio Massa or Javier Milei will be the country’s next president; Libertarian’s party raises spectre of fraud with ‘irregularities’ and ballots claims but electoral authorities say they are unfounded.

JUDGE SUAREZ

Chubut judge caught kissing inmate loses job after impeachment trial

16-11-2023 16:45 Chubut magistrate Mariel Alejandra Suárez was denounced after a video was made public showing her allegedly kissing an inmate she had previously convicted at a prison at Trelew. She denied the allegation and said she visited the prisoner to do research for a book.