SOCIETY Number of inmates jailed at Argentina’s federal prisons on the rise 16-10-2024 12:37 Prisoners held in Argentina’s federal jails increased in the third quarter of 2024, rising 0.9% from previous year.
FIFAGATE CORRUPTION Ex-banker who paid FIFA bribes avoids prison by aiding crackdown 12-05-2023 12:56 Argentine sports marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco, who admitted paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to corrupt Latin American football officials, spared from prison after serving as star witness in FIFA-gate trial.
CRIME & SECURITY Around 4% of Argentina’s prison population serving life terms 23-02-2023 11:17 According to data from 2021, there were 55,933 convicts jailed nationwide, of whom 2,489 were sentenced to life imprisonment, according to national statistics. Of these, 726 are serving their sentences in Buenos Aires provincial penitentiaries, where the eight individuals recently sentenced for the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa are now being detained. by Nadia Galán