News of trial

Jury trial for Chaco femicide that rattled regional politics begins

27-10-2025 18:26 Investigation into the disappearance and presumed murder of 28-year-old Cecilia Strzyzowski is now being heard before a jury in Resistencia; Young woman’s death highlights links between politics and the powerful “Clan Sena” family in northern Chaco province.

CFK ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

08-10-2025 15:16 Fernando Sabag Montiel sentenced to 10 years in prison for the failed attempt to assassinate former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. His former girlfriend, Brenda Uliarte, received an eight-year sentence for her role in the attack. The third accused, Nicolás Gabriel Carrizo, was acquitted.

AMIA BOMBING

Absentee trial for fugitive Iranian AMIA bombing suspects confirmed

25-09-2025 00:52 Decision by federal judge Daniel Rafecas confirmed by appeals court; Argentina will try 10 Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the deadly 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre that killed 85 people.

Crime & Security

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

24-09-2025 12:57 Former student who used Artificial Intelligence to create fake porn images and videos of schoolmates will stand trial, confirms Córdoba court; If convicted, the defendant could receive prison sentence of between three and 20 years in jail.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

In divided Brasília, some celebrate Bolsonaro conviction, others fume

12-09-2025 11:17 Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison after being convicted of plotting to claw back power from his elected successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva through force in 2022.

BRAZILIAN EX-PRESIDENT

Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot, given 27 years in jail

11-09-2025 16:08 Historic Supreme Court conviction in Brazil; Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting a military coup in bid to overturn 2022 election loss by three justices.

BRAZILIAN EX-PRESIDENT

Jair Bolsonaro on brink of conviction in Brazil coup trial

10-09-2025 10:04 Forme president risks a prison term of over 40 years if found guilty of seeking to stay in power after his defeat in 2022 elections.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

14-08-2025 00:09 Lawyers for ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have requested prison sentences of 15 years for Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, who are both accused of aggravated homicide for the attempt to kill the then vice-president on September 1, 2022.

COURTS: DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

07-08-2025 16:02 The new court hearing the case into the death of Diego Maradona rejects defence request for two judges to be removed.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

22-07-2025 16:53 Doubts remain after a preparatory hearing between prosecutors, defence lawyers and the new judges appointed after the first trial was declared null and void.

COURT RULING

Court orders Fernández de Kirchner, other defendants ordered to pay US$535 million

16-07-2025 10:42 After experts analysed "the damage to the public purse” in Vialidad case, a court orders that former president and co-defendants to pay back about 684.99 billion Argentine pesos.

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Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

13-07-2025 11:38 Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's personal physician, seeks trial by jury following the annulment of the trial that had begun in March.

COURTS

Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

25-06-2025 11:44 Pre-empting her likely impeachment and removal from office, Julieta Makintach sends a letter to Governor Kicillof announcing she will resign her post in order to help “rebuild institutional prestige.”

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

12-06-2025 15:48 The many legal woes of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose corruption conviction has been confirmed and rendered definitive by Argentina’s Supreme Court.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

29-05-2025 17:53 The trial over Diego Maradona’s death has been annulled after a judge involved secretly participated in a documentary; Julieta Makintach has been suspended and disgraced, forcing a full restart of proceedings.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

29-05-2025 13:04 Trial into the death of Diego Armando Maradona declared null and void by San Isidro court following the scandal involving Julieta Makintach, one of the three judges overseeing the case.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

28-05-2025 12:33 The fate of the trial into Diego Maradona's will be decided on Thursday, following a scandal involving one of the judges over her participation in a documentary about the case.

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Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

27-05-2025 21:47 Judge Julieta Makintach forced to recuse herself following outcry; Court says it will decide Thursday if case goes to retrial.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

27-05-2025 09:14 The future of the trial for the death of star Diego Maradona will be defined Tuesday following questions about a judge's impartiality.

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Witness claims Maradona trial filming is for documentary about judge

25-05-2025 10:49 Judge and witness denies trial footage was for Maradona documentary; Filmmaker claims footage was part of a personal project about under-fire magistrate and not tied to the case.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term

15-05-2025 16:38 Attorney General Eduardo Casal urges Supreme Court to double jail term handed down to former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for corruption offences.

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Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

14-05-2025 22:00 On order of the courts, police raid Medidom, the firm put in charge of Diego Maradona's home care – only to find out the company moved from address two years ago.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona trial: Daughter says doctors staged care to isolate him

13-05-2025 18:33 Gianinna Maradona, daughter of late legendary footballer, points the finger at Dr Leopoldo Luque and rest of medical team: "They convinced us that my father needed to be hospitalised at home."

Stranger than fiction...

Milei plans charity courtroom play with ‘voluptuous blondes’

09-05-2025 18:26 Javier Milei plans to put on a theatrical production featuring a mock trial of capitalism and “voluptuous blondes”; Play to raise money for state children’s hospital that his government has defunded could be performed at the Berlin Wall, says President.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

07-05-2025 13:24 Pablo Dimitroff, director of the Clínica Olivos, says home care was not a "valid option" for late footballer.

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Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

30-04-2025 00:20 Fernando Villarejo, head of Clínica Olivos' intensive care unit, says he expressed his opposition to home care.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

24-04-2025 23:58 A doctor attending Diego Maradona a few weeks before his death said Thursday that the football star "was a very difficult patient."

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's daughter says doctors could have prevented star's death

16-04-2025 10:16 Dalma Maradona accuses doctors of deception and neglect as late footballer's final days come under scrutiny in emotional trial.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

11-04-2025 09:38 Doctor Flavio Tunessi said the late footballing icon had told him "I’m not well," a few weeks before star's death.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

08-04-2025 17:19 Dr Mario Schiter, Diego Maradona's former doctor, says there was a "neglect of care" in late star's medical treatment in the period leading up to his death.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

03-04-2025 23:48 Diego Maradona "sometimes resisted" medical attention, admits one of his sisters at the trial into his 2020 death.

COURTS

Trial of Misiones provincial ex-deputy on child porn charges begins

03-04-2025 13:49 Former provincial deputy Germán Kiczka and his brother Sebastián Kiczka stand trial; Duo accused of possession, facilitation and distribution of material featuring child sexual abuse.

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Maradona trial: No alcohol or drugs in star's blood when he died

02-04-2025 18:10 Diego Maradona had no alcohol or recreational drugs in his blood when he died, despite his history of substance abuse, an expert witness testifies during trial.

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Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

27-03-2025 18:48 Diego Maradona “was in agony” before he died and his doctors should have foreseen his condition, autopsy doctors testify before court.

POLITICS IN BRAZIL

Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial for attempted coup

26-03-2025 22:26 Brazil's Supreme Court orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup after failing to win re-election in 2022.

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Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

25-03-2025 17:39 Julio Coria, Diego Maradona's former bodyguard, detained for false testimony after the court in charge of trial into legendary footballer's death noted contradictions in his statements.

sexual assault claims

La Matanza Mayor Fernando Espinoza to stand trial for sexual assault

25-03-2025 17:26 Ex-mayor of La Matanza accused of sexually assaulting his private secretary in May 2021; Judge rejects defence team’s request for dismissal.

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Maradona trial: Star's room was ‘very dirty,’ says doctor

21-03-2025 11:47 Details of star's death emerges during trial; Doctor who saw Maradona after death says medical team was attempting to resuscitate a body that had long been dead.

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No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

18-03-2025 22:13 Lucas Farías, an officer in the Buenos Aires Province Police Force, says he saw no "medical items" in the room where Diego Maradona received post-operative care.

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Court dismisses two defence lawyers from trial into Maradona's death

13-03-2025 23:32 San Isidro court trying seven health professionals for the death of Diego Maradona removes two lawyers of one of the defendants from the case over potential conflict of interest.

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Residents in ‘Barrio de Dios’ want justice for Maradona's death

12-03-2025 22:40 In La Paternal, the neighbourhood where Diego Maradona took his first professional steps as a footballer, residents want justice for their fallen idol.

MARADONA TRIAL

Maradona medics on trial for 'horror theatre' of his death

11-03-2025 17:19 Four years after Diego Maradona's death, supporters chanted outside the trial of seven health professionals Tuesday to determine their responsibilities in what the prosecutor called the "horror theatre" of the legendary football player's final days.

Death of Diego Maradona

'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial

11-03-2025 15:22 Shocking image of Diego Maradona on his deathbed shown to court in San Isidro as trial into legendary footballer's death gets underway.

MARADONA TRIAL

Maradona medical team on trial four years after icon's death

11-03-2025 09:58 The multi-month trial begins Tuesday in San Isidro accusing seven of Maradona's medical caregivers for criminal negligence over the football legend's death.

MARADONA TRIAL

Trial of Maradona's medics begins four years after death

07-03-2025 12:00 Beginning Tuesday, more than 100 witnesses will testify in a trial against Diego Maradona's former neurosurgeon, psychologist, and medical professionals accused of "deficient" health treatment.

PROFILE

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.

News of trial

Jury trial for Chaco femicide that rattled regional politics begins

Fernández de Kirchner’s would-be assassin given 10-year jail term

Absentee trial for fugitive Iranian AMIA bombing suspects confirmed

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

In divided Brasília, some celebrate Bolsonaro conviction, others fume

Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot, given 27 years in jail

Jair Bolsonaro on brink of conviction in Brazil coup trial

CFK’s legal team seeks 15 years for would-be assassin, partner

Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

Court orders Fernández de Kirchner, other defendants ordered to pay US$535 million

Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

Explainer: Keys to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s conviction

Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

Witness claims Maradona trial filming is for documentary about judge

Prosecutor asks Supreme Court to double CFK prison term

Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

Maradona trial: Daughter says doctors staged care to isolate him

Milei plans charity courtroom play with ‘voluptuous blondes’

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

Maradona's daughter says doctors could have prevented star's death

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

Trial of Misiones provincial ex-deputy on child porn charges begins

Maradona trial: No alcohol or drugs in star's blood when he died

Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial for attempted coup

Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

La Matanza Mayor Fernando Espinoza to stand trial for sexual assault

Maradona trial: Star's room was ‘very dirty,’ says doctor

No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

Court dismisses two defence lawyers from trial into Maradona's death

Residents in ‘Barrio de Dios’ want justice for Maradona's death

Maradona medics on trial for 'horror theatre' of his death

'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial

Maradona medical team on trial four years after icon's death

Trial of Maradona's medics begins four years after death

Brazil's polarising ex-president mired in legal woes

Mothers of dead Córdoba newborns learnt of suspicions via press

Trump would have been convicted, according special counsel report

Nurse denies killings as trial into death of five newborns begins

Trial into death of five newborns at Córdoba hospital gets underway

As Argentina surges back, peso shows limit to Milei euphoria

Details of Milei’s sweeping labour reform push for Argentina emerge

'I would like to be there' – Lionel Messi on if he will play at the 2026 World Cup

At least 64 killed in war-like Rio de Janeiro drug raids

Polarisation name of game for Argentina’s future Congress

Abogado laboralista cordobés sobre extender la jornada laboral a 12 horas: "Es una burrada absurda"

Jamaica fue declarada "zona catastrófica" y el impacto del huracán Melissa quedó registrado en video

Dirigentes kirchneristas respaldaron a Guillermo Moreno tras la confirmación de las condenas en las causas con Clarín y Papel Prensa

Milei recibirá el jueves a la mayoría de los gobernadores para negociar las reformas que quiere impulsar en el Congreso

Calendario de feriados de noviembre: cuándo será el próximo fin de semana largo