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 …
On January 2, after a three-year wait, eight members of a rugby team went on trial for a case that has gripped the nation: the murder Fernando Báez Sosa. The 18-year-old who was beaten to death outside a nightclub in the coastal resort city of Villa Gesell. During …
In the midst of its full-blown crossfire with the Supreme Court, the national government is thinking of including the bill to reform the Council of Magistrates –which they presented in late 2021 and still has parliamentary status– on the agenda for the call to special congressional sessions. President …
President Alberto Fernández and allied governors this morning presented Congress with a request to impeach the four Supreme Court justices, Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkratz, Juan Carlos Maqueda and Ricardo Lorenzetti. They allege that the Court overstepped its competence in the federal tax share ruling and colluded with the …
President Alberto Fernández has announced that he will seek to impeach Supreme Court President Horacio Rosatti, with the support of allied governors. He also said he would order the Justice Minister to investigate alleged corruption between Buenos Aires City government officials and local contractors and businessmen. In a …
