Overview

• Federal judge Sebastián Casanello, acting on prosecutor Franco Picardi’s request, ordered 25 simultaneous searches across Buenos Aires targeting drug distributors, pharmacies and private homes.
• Investigators seized phones, computers, storage devices, cash and contract records tied to ANDIS purchases as the case returned to strict secrecy, with no arrests reported.
• Findings from previously seized mobiles indicate coordinated kickback requests by individuals linked to ex–ANDIS deputy director Daniel Garbellini, opening a new line of inquiry.
• The probe focuses on alleged steering and overpricing in high‑cost medicine purchases for disability beneficiaries during the Milei administration, with supplier Suizo Argentina noted in related reviews.
• Political pressure is mounting as the lower house approved interpellations for Karina Milei and Health Minister Mario Lugones next week, while the government advances an intervention, internal audit and potential procurement reforms at ANDIS.