Overview

• The court granted Química Oeste’s federal appeal and vacated prior acquittals issued by Buenos Aires provincial tribunals.
• Justices Carlos Rosenkrantz, Horacio Rosatti and Ricardo Lorenzetti signed the decision, which cites the 2016 Uzcátegui Matheus precedent on arbitrary reasoning.
• Prosecutors accuse union figures, including Néstor Fabián Arévalo of the Monte Grande delegation, of extortion and turbation of possession tied to the blockade.
• According to the company’s complaint, the May 10–18, 2021 action blocked access, halted operations until police intervened, and caused multimillion‑peso daily losses and about US$2 million in sectoral impact.
• The order is procedural and does not establish guilt, as the case now returns to trial courts for an oral and public proceeding.