News of trial

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

Messi joins Oscar campaign for 'Argentina, 1985' film

20-02-2023 16:43 Lionel Messi took to social media on Monday to join the campaign for the film 'Argentina, 1985' to win the Oscar for best international feature on March 12.

Mother, partner sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Lucio Dupuy

17-02-2023 14:59 Magdalena Espósito Valenti, Lucio Dupuy's mother, and her partner, Abigail Páez, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing of five-year-old boy, after having been found guilty of the crime of "aggravated homicide" to varying degrees.

Báez Sosa trial: Who was convicted and what was their sentence?

06-02-2023 17:10 Five of the accused handed life imprisonment as co-perpetrators of the murder, with remaining three found guilty as "secondary participants."

Báez Sosa trial prosecutors happy with ‘justice,’ but will appeal

06-02-2023 15:53 Prosecutors from the trial in Fernando Báez Sosa’s death say "justice was done” after reading of verdict, but indicate they will appeal decision to convict Ayrton Viollaz, Lucas Pertossi and Blas Cinalli only as secondary participants.

Prosecutor seeks life terms for eight rugby players accused of murder

26-01-2023 02:16 Eight Argentine rugby players accused of beating teenager Fernando Báez Sosa to death in Villa Gesell apologise to parents, but their legal team still seeks acquittal.

Rugby players accused of murder suspected of running supportive Instagram account

25-01-2023 15:44 Investigators believe two of the eight former rugby players accused of beating 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa to death three years ago may be behind a supportive Instagram account pleading their case.

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

18-01-2023 11:43 Eight individuals – all aged between 21 and 23 – are accused of killing teenager Fernando Báez Sosa on January 18, 2020 in Villa Gesell.

Argentina's vice-president given six-year jail term in graft case

06-12-2022 18:12 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner found guilty of corruption charges and sentenced to six years in prison in a landmark case that’s likely to intensify political battles.

The Trial of the Juntas: a moment worth remembering

19-11-2022 06:56 With the passing of time, ‘El Diario del Juicio’ has become one of the most important historical sources for those studying the trial.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ARA San Juan: Five years on, a look at investigation into submarine's sinking

16-11-2022 08:31 Five years after the tragic loss of the 'ARA San Juan,' forensic studies of images of the sunken submarine are still pending. The case probing the tragedy is relatively advanced, but doubts as to what caused it are far from resolved. A look at the key points of the investigation underway in Santa Cruz and Chubut.

No appeal from CFK attack 'co-authors' Sabag Montiel and Uliarte

22-09-2022 01:50 Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte refrain from appealing their indictments for attempted homicide, with Nicolás Carrizo, the alleged leader of the candy floss gang, and Agustina Díaz set to testify.

Alleged dictatorship torturer Mario Sandoval stands trial, 46 years on

15-09-2022 13:54 Trial of the former police officer Mario Sandoval, extradited from France in 2019 and charged with the disappearance of a young man during Argentina's dictatorship, begins in Buenos Aires.

Fernández de Kirchner oversaw 'corruption matrix' as president, says prosecutor

01-08-2022 18:52 Argentine Vice President Cristina Kirchner oversaw an "extraordinary corruption matrix" when she was head of state from 2007 to 2015, the prosecution argued Monday in her corruption trial.

Campo de Mayo mega-trial: 10 handed life terms for crimes against humanity

07-07-2022 23:38 Defendants found guilty of crimes including homicide, kidnapping, torture and rape dating back to the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.