Overview
- Judges Martín Irurzun and Roberto Boico of the Federal Chamber’s Sala II approved Piccirillo’s transfer to domiciliary custody in Banfield with an ankle monitor, reversing an earlier denial.
- Implementation depends on conditions to be set by Judge Sebastián Casanello, including potential real bail and other limits, so the move may not take effect immediately.
- Piccirillo remains processed for coercive kidnapping, aggravated drug transport, aggravated concealment and illegal firearm possession, with a prior asset embargo of about 100 million pesos.
- Prosecutors allege he organized, with ex‑policeman Carlos “Lobo” Smith and City Police commissioner Iván Helguero, the planting of cocaine and a 9mm pistol to frame businessman Francisco Hauque over an alleged debt near $6 million.
- A penitentiary psychiatric report cited an adjustment disorder with depressive and anxious mood linked to incarceration, and the judges also noted the advanced stage of the case and reduced risk of interference as grounds for relief.