Overview
- The jurado de enjuiciamiento voted 11–0 to remove Makintach after six hearings, issuing a 115-page ruling read at 10:40 in La Plata under Supreme Court president Hilda Kogan.
- The sentence permanently bars her from judicial office and strips her magistrate pension, thwarting her bid to exit by resignation filed in June.
- Prosecutors led by Analía Duarte argued she used state resources for a media project, citing a trailer, a six-episode outline including one titled “the sentence,” and a producer’s testimony that “we had the judge.”
- Makintach did not attend the reading; she has denied misconduct, insisting there was no documentary and that she only gave interviews.
- With her legal protections lifted, prosecutors in San Isidro can advance criminal probes, and the Maradona death case is set to restart with a new trial on March 17.