News of trial

Brazil's polarising ex-president mired in legal woes

19-02-2025 15:19 Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro prepares 2026 election campaign atop legacy of disrupting the 'democratic order,' destroying the Amazon rainforest and violating human rights.

CÓRDOBA NEWSBORNS TRIAL

Mothers of dead Córdoba newborns learnt of suspicions via press

22-01-2025 13:50 Testimony during first two weeks of court proceedings reveals that mothers of newborns allegedly killed by nurse at Córdoba hospital first found out about suspicions via the media.

UNITED STATES

Trump would have been convicted, according special counsel report

14-01-2025 12:33 With the US presidential inauguration just days away, newly released special counsel report declares Donald Trump would have faced criminal charge if not for re-election.

Córdoba newborn deaths

Nurse denies killings as trial into death of five newborns begins

10-01-2025 09:50 Prime suspect is 30-year-old nurse Brenda Agüero, accused of infanticide; Ex-provincial health minister, former hospital directors and healthcare professionals also facing trial.

NEONATAL DEATHS IN CÓRDOBA

Trial into death of five newborns at Córdoba hospital gets underway

06-01-2025 09:05 Eleven defendants in dock for deaths of five children at the Hospital Materno Neonatal in Córdoba; Former nurse Brenda Agüero, responsible for vaccinating the newborns, stands accused of poisoning babies with potassium.

Latin America

Argentine justice system orders arrest of 61 Brazilians for 2023 coup

15-11-2024 21:28 Argentina's justice system has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilians in the country who are facing prison sentences at home related to last year's coup attempt in Brasília.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Court upholds Fernández de Kirchner’s graft conviction, sentence

13-11-2024 12:04 Court upholds former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction on corruption charges; Also confirms six-years prison sentence and lifetime ban from public office; Partido Justicialista leader will likely challenge ruling before the Supreme Court.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Court in Argentina begins trial into 2021 penguin slaughter

30-10-2024 10:42 Trial investigating 2021 slaughter of hundreds of Magellanic penguins in Chubut Province gets underway. Events took place in Punta Tombo, home one of the largest penguin colonies in the world.

SINGER IN COURT

L-Gante acquitted of kidnapping charges, avoids jail time

29-10-2024 08:29 Cumbia star L-Gante acquitted of kidnapping charges, avoiding jail time, though he receives three-year suspended prison sentence.

death of diego maradona

Maradona medical team's negligence trial postponed to next year

12-09-2024 23:06 Court postpones until March 2025 the start of the trial of seven health professionals over alleged negligence in the death of Diego Armando Maradona.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentine seeks military trial in Italy over dictatorship deaths

09-09-2024 15:55 Lieutenant colonel Carlos Luis Malatto, accused of the murder of eight people during the country's military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, seeks a military trial in Italy.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner testifies, faces would-be assassin in court

14-08-2024 16:39 Denouncing a climate of violence prior to the assassination attempt on her life and facing her assailant for the first time in person, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner states in court that she found out about shots fired at her after the fact.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK attempted murder trial: Carrizo says he 'would never kill'

04-07-2024 16:23 Nicolás Carrizo weeps as he defended himself in court on Wednesday, saying he would "never kill a person" during second hearing into September 2022 attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Would-be assassin tells court he wanted to kill CFK for 'social good'

26-06-2024 16:42 Fernando Sabag Montiel testifies in his trial over the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in September 2022. "I wanted to kill her," he tells court.

KIRCHNER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

The defendants standing trial for Fernández de Kirchner's attempted murder

26-06-2024 16:05 Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo are the defendants standing trial for the attempted assassination of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

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.

CRIME & SECURITY

Juan Darthés sentenced in Brazil to six years in prison for rape

10-06-2024 16:25 Actor Juan Darthés sentenced to six years in prison by court in Brazil for 2009 rape of his former colleague Thelma Fardin.

UNITED STATES

Donald Trump convicted on all charges in hush money trial

30-05-2024 18:35 New York jury finds Donald Trump guilty of multiple felonies at his hush-money trial, making him the first former US president to be convicted of crimes.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Trial of Maradona’s medical team postponed until October

29-05-2024 21:32 Court postpones trial into 2020 death of Diego Armando Maradona, originally scheduled for next week, until October 1.

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.

Human rights

‘Los Pozos’: 10 handed life sentences for dictatorship-era abuses

28-03-2024 14:28 Court issues 10 lifetime prison sentences as part of a long-running, mass prosecution into incidents of kidnapping, torture, rape and disappearances at three sites during the country's 1976-83 military dictatorship.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Court sets June date for trial into Diego Maradona’s death

19-03-2024 15:02 Oral Criminal Court N°3 of San Isidro sets June 4 start date for trial into legendary Argentine footballer’s death in November 2020; More than 200 witnesses set to be called with eight accused facing between 8 and 25 years in jail if found guilty.

COURTS

Trial into attempted assassination of Fernández de Kirchner set for June

12-03-2024 11:31 Fernando Sabag Montiel, Brenda Uliarte and Nicolás Carrizo to stand trial for attempted assassination of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; More than 270 witnesses expected to be called – including the victim.

Cristina & the courts

Court hears duelling appeals in Fernández de Kirchner graft case

26-02-2024 20:22 Court begins hearing duelling appeals – prosecutors seek doubling of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's six-year jail term for graft in 'Vialidad' case, while former president's legal team asks for acquittal.

FOOTBALL

Maradona death trial assigned court as European court dismisses brand claim

08-11-2023 18:04 European General Court backs decision by bloc’s Intellectual Property Office to deny the registration of the assignment of rights to the Diego Maradona brand to a private firm linked to his former lawyer.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court confirms life sentences for Jorge ‘Tigre’ Acosta and 39 others

19-09-2023 16:34 Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber dismissed appeals by 40 individuals convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in jail.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Double judicial setback for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

18-09-2023 23:20 Federal Appeals Court orders reopening of two high-profile cases against Argentina’s vice-president: Hotesur-Los Sauces corruption probe and controversial Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. Beginning of both trials likely to be delayed due to additional appeals.

CRIME & SECURITY

Palermo gang rape victim tells court she didn’t consent

04-09-2023 16:04 Six detainees could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for February 2022 gang rape; Trial, which is taking place behind closed doors, lasts into September.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil court bars Bolsonaro from public office

30-06-2023 15:54 Former Brazil president says he will would appeal a court decision to bar him from public office for eight years, a ruling he described as a "stab in the back."

Former president in court

Brazil court resumes trial that could bar Bolsonaro

29-06-2023 13:21 Judges will continue delivering verdicts Thursday on charges that far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke the law with his unproven allegations against Brazil's election system, which could see him banned from holding office for eight years.

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.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile doctor convicted of Pinochet-era crimes arrested at Ezeiza Airport

06-06-2023 21:47 Fugitive Manfredo Enrique Jurgensen arrested at Ezeiza International Airport moments before he boarded a flight to Germany; Chilean doctor convicted of crimes during Pinochet dictatorship could now be extradited.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Judge dismisses ‘Ruta K’ graft case against Fernández de Kirchner

05-06-2023 18:46 Federal Judge Sebastián Casanello, acting upon a request filed by the ‘Ruta K’ case’s lead prosecutor, dismisses charges against Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

UNITED STATES

Trump found liable for sexually abusing writer

09-05-2023 18:18 A New York jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming an American former magazine columnist and ordered the ex-president to pay her $5 million in damages.

Death of Diego Maradona

Eight accused of wrongdoing in Maradona's death will stand trial, rules court

18-04-2023 15:33 Members of Diego Maradona's eight-strong medical team will stand trial for their alleged role into legendary footballer's death and face between 8 and 25 years in jail.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru jails ex-intelligence chief over 1988 journalist murder

13-04-2023 13:59 Court in Peru sentences country's former military intelligence chief to 12 years in prison over his role in the 1988 murder of journalist Hugo Bustios Saavedra.

TERROR ATTACK

New York truck attacker escapes death penalty

14-03-2023 14:26 Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in a truck attack in New York six years ago, will spend the rest of his life in jail after jurors were unable to agree on the death penalty Monday.

UNREST IN PERU

Peru judge extends ex-president Castillo's pre-trial detention to three years

10-03-2023 10:46 A Peruvian judge on Thursday extended former president of Peru Pedro Castillo's pre-trial detention to 36 months for "allegedly being the leader of a criminal organisation," the Supreme Court announced.

‘Vialidad’ graft trial

Court ruling: Fernández de Kirchner favoured Báez in a ‘criminal plan’

09-03-2023 23:42 Judges from Federal Oral Court number 2 release 1,600-page ruling outlining grounds on which it sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison in the ‘Vialidad’ public works graft case.

POLITICS

Cabinet allies slam CFK ‘ban’ as they rush to veep’s defence

09-03-2023 21:00 Court ruling sentencing Argentina’s vice-president to six years in prison and political disqualification from office says decision based on evidence of “state corruption."

ARGENTINA AT THE OSCARS

Moreno Ocampo: Oscar hopeful 'Argentina, 1985' offers lessons on democracy

09-03-2023 09:03 Luis Moreno Ocampo was just 32 years old and had no trial experience when he was summoned to prosecute the leaders of the military junta as the brutal 1976-1985 dictatorship came to an end – a story retold in Oscar-nominated film 'Argentina, 1985.'

OPINION

IWD: State and justice system owes debt to victims of femicide

08-03-2023 12:33 Femicide numbers are not decreasing and Argentina lacks the effective government policies to prevent them. The State – and the Judiciary – has an outstanding debt with the nation's women.

by María Pastore

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Feminists in El Salvador condemn state for denying woman life-saving abortion

08-03-2023 05:46 Feminist groups on Monday called on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador for denying a now deceased woman the possibility of aborting a brainless fetus in 2013, due to the criminalisation of termination of pregnancy in the country.