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Argentina’s 'Notebooks' Trial Opens as Unverified Centeno Videos Emerge

The consolidated case proceeds online with hundreds of proposed witnesses plus defendants cooperating under Law 27.340.

Overview

  • Tribunal Oral Federal No. 7 opened oral proceedings that consolidate four files and bring 87 defendants to trial over an alleged 2003–2015 bribery scheme.
  • Hearings are being held on Zoom and streamed on the Supreme Court’s YouTube channel through December 4, beginning with the reading of the charging documents.
  • Videos attributed to driver Oscar Centeno surfaced showing purported entries to the Olivos presidential residence, with authenticity not yet confirmed by the courts.
  • The accused include Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Julio De Vido and Roberto Baratta on illicit association and bribery charges, alongside executives such as Aldo Roggio, Ángelo Calcaterra and Enrique Pescarmona.
  • Roughly 20 defendants have signed cooperation agreements under Law 27.340, and the court has 626 proposed witnesses for the proceedings.