Overview
- Tribunal Oral Federal 1 unanimously cleared former cabinet chiefs Aníbal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich along with 12 others in the long-running case.
- The ruling cited failure to individualize alleged crimes, arbitrary evaluation of evidence, and a breach of the principle of congruence.
- All precautionary asset measures were lifted and the request to seize 456 million pesos was rejected.
- The court will release its written fundamentos on March 11, 2026, which will open the window for a prosecutorial appeal to the Cámara Federal de Casación Penal.
- Prosecutor Miguel Ángel Osorio had sought sentences of up to three years and public‑office bans for several accused, while asking for Gabriel Mariotto’s acquittal.