Overview

• Speaking publicly after nearly three years in detention, Nicolás Carrizo said he did not know of any plan to kill Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and characterized incriminating WhatsApp messages as jokes.
• Prosecutor Gabriela Baigún asked the court to absolve Carrizo at final arguments, and the Tribunal Oral Federal N°6 granted his excarceration under oath conditions.
• Carrizo offered an apology to Fernández de Kirchner, saying he was ashamed she read the chats and that his comments did not reflect his beliefs.
• He described his ties to Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte as a work relationship supplying cotton candy, insisting he never went out to sell with them.
• Prosecutors are seeking 15 years for Sabag Montiel—unified to 19 with a prior sentence—and about 14 years for Uliarte, with verdicts in their cases expected in the coming weeks.