Two men returned to court this week to stand a fresh trial on charges of killing 16-year-old Lucía Pérez by plying her with cocaine and then raping her in 2016. Matías Gabriel Farías and Juan Pablo Offidani were controversially acquitted of femicide and sexual abuse in 2018, sparking …
Pro-government members of the Impeachment Commission yesterday won a 16-15 vote to start the impeachment of the Supreme Court justices. Therefore, an investigation into the 14 complaints filed against the highest court of the country will begin, and it could lead to the dismissal of the judges. “The …
The judges who heard the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial explained in their ruling why they decided to sentence most of the amateur rugby players convicted of his killing to life imprisonment. Five of the eight defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment for homicide, doubly aggravated on grounds …
The panel of three judges hearing the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial have sentenced five of the eight rugby players on trial for his killing to life imprisonment for aggravated homicide and the other three, to 15 years for their roles in the crime. The verdict was handed …
In a unanimous vote, three La Pampa judges found Magdalena Espósito Valenti, 25, and Abigail Pérez guilty of the murder of Lucio Dupuy, a five-year-old boy from Santa Rosa. The sentences will be announced on February 13. Espósito Valenti, his mother, was charged with homicide, with the three …
The panel of three judges hearing the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial will hand down their verdict on February 6, the court has announced. The prosecution has asked for all eight defendants to face life sentences, while the defense is calling for acquittal. The pleas were heard on …
Prosecutor Ramiro González today asked judge María Eugenia Capuchetti to order the lifting of sovereign bond purchasers’ stock market secrecy, amid the investigation of possible leaks of information regarding the debt buyback announced last week. The measure will reach individuals and stock brokers who bought bonds that are …
Relatives, campaign groups and government officials say racism was a factor in the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa, the 18-year-old who was beaten to death outside a nightclub in the resort town of Villa Gesell three years ago today. During the trial, which started on January 2, several …
International rights nonprofit Human Rights Watch warned in the Argentina chapter of its annual report, published today, that the country was facing threats to judicial independence. However, it praised the country’s flagship abortion legislation at a time of reversals on reproductive rights in the US. The report’s authors …
