News of investigation

Two new suspects charged in relation to Liam Payne’s death

Today 00:22 Judge orders host of suspects to testify, including businessman Rogelio Nores and employees from hotel where One Direction star died.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Initial test results confirm presence of cocaine in Liam Payne's body

21-10-2024 07:34 Initial test results sent to prosecutor leading case into late One Direction star's death reveal presence of cocaine in Liam Payne's body.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Prosecutor in Misiones child porn case says material includes images of newborns

03-09-2024 14:31 Prosecutor Daniela Dupuy states that brothers Germán and Sebastián Kiczka are “up against it” given the amount of evidence and “there are no doubts in the investigation” into child pornography and paedophila.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Report: Milei questioned by AFIP for suspected irregular invoicing in 2015

29-08-2024 19:47 Investigation by 'La Nación' journalist Hugo Alconada Mon reveals head of state was investigated by AFIP tax agency in 2015; Probe related to economist’s time advising veteran Peronist then-Buenos Aires Province governor Daniel Scioli, obliging him to enter a five-year moratorium.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘All available resources’ deployed in search for find missing five-year-old

27-06-2024 18:14 Unsuccessful search for Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes Province amid suspicions of child-trafficking; “Culprits” will pay, declares Patricia Bullrich as lead suspects are moved to jails in Salta and Chaco; President Milei meets Security minister for update on search.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Trial into attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner begins

26-06-2024 12:14 Trial into 2022 assassination attempt of ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gets underway in Buenos Aires; Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo are the accused in a trial set to feature more than 270 witnesses.

BANKS PROBED

Argentina questions three banks on puts, bond transactions

13-05-2024 20:36 Argentina’s Central Bank and regulators are looking into at least three of the nation’s banks – Galicia, BBVA, Banco Supervielle – for potential irregularities in transactions with government bonds and put options.

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.

PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF-OF-STAFF

Investigation reveals Karina Milei’s role in Miami property firm

06-05-2024 17:11 Presidential Chief-of-staff was part of a US-based firm Alkary Investments LLC, which was controlled by her parents, which bought four properties for US$2.7 million in 2018 and later ran into court trouble.

CRIME & SECURITY

Chaco: Cecilia Strzyzowski femicide case sent to trial

01-05-2024 10:26 Former partner César Sena, his parents Emiliano Sena and Marcela Acuña, and four assistants of powerful local picket-leader, look set to face trial by jury.

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.

INSIDE THE INVE

How Argentina's biggest landowners and their secrets were revealed

24-02-2024 06:40 The list of the 20 landowners with the most hectares in Argentina was based on work spanning several months. It intends to provide vital context for the ongoing debate over land ownership and the government’s attempt to repeal the law regulating foreign ownership.

by Ariel Stemphelet

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

'Los dueños de la tierra': Argentina’s 20 biggest landowners

24-02-2024 06:25 Among those who concentrate the most terrain are businessmen and groups with between 100,000 and over a million hectares of land of every type. Some like Benetton or the Cresud, owned by Eduardo Elsztain, are better-known, but companies with Chinese, Swiss and Chilean capital also appear, along with bit players.

by Ariel Stemphelet

Russian opposition leader

Navalny's widow vows to take up the fight for Russia's 'freedom'

20-02-2024 13:24 Yulia Navalnaya on Monday vowed to continue her husband Alexei Navalny's fight after his death in a Russian prison last week, for which she blamed the Kremlin.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Federal appeals court revokes dismissal of Fernández de Kirchner money-laundering case

28-11-2023 19:52 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received favourable ruling Judge Sebastián Casanello mid-year, but federal appeals court revokes dismissal in setback for vice-president.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Cecilia Strzyzowski's mother and sister say they're leaving Chaco

13-09-2023 14:55 Both Ángela Strzyzowski and Gloria Romero, missing 28-year-old’s sister and mother, have been living under police protection since she disappeared in early June in Resistencia; Investigators believe she was slain by her husband and his parents.

feature: european politics

Far-right parties are gaining traction across Europe

12-09-2023 17:41 Former fringe parties now place among the top three most-popular political groups in almost half of the 27-member EU.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Expert report: Bones thought to belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski were burnt

05-09-2023 13:48 Investigators into the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia told bones believed to belong to the victim were burnt for at least three hours before being dumped in a river.

ELECTION 2023

Candidacy-buying allegations pile pressure on Javier Milei

14-07-2023 07:45 Libertarian lawmaker rejects multiple claims from former allies that his party is selling candidacies and places on its electoral lists for cold hard cash (in dollars, of course).

CRIME & SECURITY

Cecilia Strzyzowski: Victim’s blood found on Sena family mattress

13-07-2023 14:11 Key breakthrough in case investigating disappearance of 28-year-old in Chaco Province; DNA testing on mattress, furniture from Sena family home indicate victim’s blood.

Disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski

Cecilia Strzyzowski case: Lawyers say Sena family role is clear

29-06-2023 20:04 Plaintiff lawyer Fabián Améndola, declares that the Sena family’s “responsibility” for the suspected killing of Cecilia Strzyzowski has been “established” and highlights the importance of forensic work on the mobile telephones of suspects.

Disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski

Prosecutors: ‘Strong indications’ Cecilia Strzyzowski was killed at Sena family home

22-06-2023 17:56 Investigators probing disappearance and suspected femicide of missing 28-year-old Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia closing in on details of “macabre and atrocious” act.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Corruption, political nepotism, money: Chaco femicide shocks country

22-06-2023 00:33 The disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski has mobilised a province and rocked national politics. Twenty-eight-year-old’s disappearance and links with alleged murderers put spotlights on local politics and ongoing court investigation.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Cecilia Strzyzowski investigation: Police analyse bones found during search

20-06-2023 16:34 Bones being analysed to try to determine if they belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski, the 28-year-old last seen in Resistencia almost three weeks ago.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Protesters rally in Resistencia to demand justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski

20-06-2023 09:45 Hundreds of chaqueños took to the streets of Resistencia on Monday to demand justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski, the 28-year-old who has been missing since June 1.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Ring discovery boosts investigation into Cecilia Strzyzowski's disappearance

19-06-2023 17:33 Investigators probing the suspected femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski have revealed they have discovered what they believe to be the missing woman’s engagement ring.

DEATH OF CECILIA STRZYZOWSKI

Suspected femicide rocks Chaco in build-up to primary

15-06-2023 21:10 Protests in Resistencia call for justice for Cecilia Strzyzowski, 28, missing since June 1; Her former husband, scion of a powerful political family, is among seven being detained in custody.

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

Judge sends trio of suspects to trial for CFK assassination attempt

12-06-2023 19:10 Federal judges adhere's to prosecutor's request and orders three defendants accused of attempting to kill Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to stand trial; Former president rejects move, calling for further investigation into alleged masterminds behind attack.

NAZI ACCOUNTS PROBE

Credit Suisse accused of hindering probe into Nazi accounts

19-04-2023 10:13 Credit Suisse accused of impeding an investigation into its historical assistance to Nazis that had revealed a number of previously undisclosed accounts, including 99 allegedly linked to German officials or Nazi-affiliated groups in Argentina.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru prosecutors probe President Boluarte over alleged money-laundering

29-03-2023 11:31 Peruvian prosecutors said late Tuesday they were investigating President Dina Boluarte for alleged money laundering and illegal campaign financing during the 2021 presidential election.

NERUDA INVESTIGATION

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

17-02-2023 11:04 Two members of a scientific panel that investigated the mysterious death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda unable to determine whether or not Chilean poet was poisoned, though examination of his molars confirmed presence of toxic bacteria.

INVESTIGATION

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

16-02-2023 14:37 Report delivered to Chilean Judge on Wednesday may suggest poison as the cause of death for Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda.

KILLING OF FERNANDO BÁEZ SOSA

Judges analyse evidence ahead of Báez Sosa murder case ruling

03-02-2023 08:38 Videos that reconstruct the attack, autopsy results, forensic reports and accounts from eyewitnesses – a look at the main pieces of evidence that could convict the accused.

by Leonardo Nieva

EUROPEAN POLITICS

EU parliament's credibility rocked by Qatar bribe claims

12-12-2022 10:26 Investigation underway into allegations that figures working on behalf of Qatar, the Gulf monarchy and World Cup host, paid European politicians huge bribes to influence Brussels policy debate.