News of trial

Witness in 'Cuadernos' graft trial says Báez was Kirchner's 'trusted custodian'

09-06-2026 15:16 Financier turned whistleblower Leonardo Fariña tells court jailed businessman Lázaro Báez was close to Néstor Kirchner and benefited from an alleged public works corruption network.

Maradona's doctors should 'never' have allowed home care, trial hears

02-06-2026 21:28 Surgeon questions conditions of home care following the operation on late footballer during trial into deah.

‘Diego would defend me,’ says lead suspect in trial over Maradona’s death

21-05-2026 17:14 Leopoldo Luque says late star would be the only person who “would tell the truth” and “defend” him.

Maradona’s daughter: Lead doctor pushed for star’s home hospitalisation

20-05-2026 16:21 Jana Maradona says that main defendant in the case, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, was adamant the star should be treated by healthcare professionals at a home, rather than a clinic or hospital.

Daughter says Maradona died after carers' plan 'went out of control'

03-05-2026 22:04 Gianinna Maradona, the late star's daughter, points finger at footballer's former lawyer and representative Matias Morla and his former assistant Maximiliano Pomargo.

Maradona was 'bipolar,' had 'narcissistic' disorder, his ex-psychologist tells death trial

30-04-2026 19:13 Diego Maradona was bipolar and had a narcissistic personality disorder, his former psychologist tells court at trial into his death.

'Bunch of amateurs': Maradona's medical team back on trial

14-04-2026 18:00 Seven-strong medical team is accused of gross negligence causing his death during his home convalescence.

Maradona's birthplace repurposed as soup kitchen for hungry

14-04-2026 17:30 Diego Maradona's childhood home has become a soup kitchen and support centre for residents of Villa Fiorito, who receive clothes or a hot meal in the same courtyard where the late footballer grew up.

ARA San Juan trial to determine criminal liability begins

03-03-2026 18:51 Court proceedings get underway in a Federal Criminal Oral Court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province.

Trial into missing five-year-old’s disappearance in doubt

02-03-2026 18:42 First preliminary hearing exposes the scale of the proceedings over the disappearance of five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes in June 2024; Prosecutor Carlos calls for acceleration, questions limits put on his work; There are two parallel cases and 17 people indicted in all.

by Leonardo Nieva

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.

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.

Judge who caused Maradona death mistrial removed from post

18-11-2025 17:46 Judge Julieta Makintach removed from her post Tuesday after causing a mistrial in the negligence case against the medical team in whose care football legend Diego Maradona died in 2020.

‘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

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

08-10-2025 15:16 Fernando Sabag Montiel sentenced to 10 years in prison for the failed attempt to assassinate former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. His former girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, received an eight-year sentence for her role in the attack. The third accused, Nicolás Gabriel Carrizo, was acquitted.

Absentee trial for fugitive Iranian AMIA bombing suspects confirmed

25-09-2025 00:52 Decision by federal judge Daniel Rafecas confirmed by appeals court; Argentina will try 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre that killed 85 people.

Jair Bolsonaro on brink of conviction in Brazil coup trial

10-09-2025 10:04 Forme president risks a prison term of over 40 years if found guilty of seeking to stay in power after his defeat in 2022 elections.

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

14-08-2025 00:09 Lawyers for ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have requested prison sentences of 15 years for Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, who are both accused of aggravated homicide for the attempt to kill the then vice-president on September 1, 2022.

Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

13-07-2025 11:38 Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's personal physician, seeks trial by jury following the annulment of the trial that had begun in March.

Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

25-06-2025 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.”