Overview
- The Supreme Court revoked the latest extension of Castillo’s preventive detention and reaffirmed that restrictions on liberty before a final verdict must be applied restrictively for all defendants.
- The ruling signals a practical ceiling of three years without a firm conviction, rejecting generic appeals to case complexity to justify prolonged detention.
- Justices Horacio Rosatti and Carlos Rosenkrantz formed the majority with conjueces Alejandro Tazza and Abel Guillermo Sánchez, as Ricardo Lorenzetti dissented.
- Court sources presented the decision as a cue for lower courts to reassess detentions, though the judgment includes no explicit directive for across-the-board reviews.
- Reaction split quickly, with Bishop Santiago Olivera publicly praising the judges while human-rights specialists warned the move benefits accused perpetrators and evokes the contentious 2x1 precedent.