Overview
- The Supreme Court rejected as inadmissible appeals from the defense and the prosecution, leaving intact a four-year prison term and a lifetime ban from public office.
- Following the ruling, Federal Oral Court No. 4 ordered De Vido to appear at Comodoro Py on Thursday, November 13 at 10:00 to make his detention effective.
- De Vido was found a necessary participant in administration fraud for failing to control subsidies to TBA, and he was acquitted of the charge directly tied to the fatalities.
- The trial court will determine whether he serves the sentence in a prison or under house arrest, and his lawyers signaled they will seek home confinement and pursue a petition before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
- The ruling caps years of litigation that included a 2018 conviction, a 2024 Supreme Court order to review the sentence, and a 2025 reduction to four years by Casación after the Once train crash that killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds.