Overview
- Urologist Pablo Atchabahian was detained under house arrest in Mendoza and refused to testify, becoming the first person arrested in the case after weeks of evading court orders.
- Judge Sebastián Casanello opened a round of indagatorias starting Tuesday with lobbyist Miguel Ángel Calvete, with former ANDIS head Diego Spagnuolo scheduled to appear Wednesday.
- Prosecutor Franco Picardi alleges an organized network that rigged procurement, inflated prices and paid kickbacks, estimating roughly 48.783 billion pesos in public funds were affected.
- Investigators cite seized cell phones, WhatsApp chats and handwritten notebooks—particularly from Calvete—as documentary evidence of coordinated payments, contact lists and directed contracts.
- The judge denied detention requests for some suspects, including Spagnuolo and Daniel Garbellini, imposing travel bans, asset freezes and periodic court appearances, while the executive branch downplays broader political exposure.