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Casación Presses Faster, In‑Person Schedule for Argentina’s ‘Cuadernos’ Trial

The supervisory push aims to replace weekly Zoom hearings with multiple courtroom sessions pending TOF 7’s decision.

Overview

  • The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation convened TOF 7 judges Enrique Méndez Signori, Germán Castelli and Fernando Canero for November 18 to agree on measures to speed the trial.
  • A majority at Cassation backs holding in‑person hearings at least three times per week and lifting the summer judicial recess.
  • Hearings are currently limited to four hours on Thursdays via Zoom, a cadence court sources say could stretch the proceedings for more than four years.
  • Judicial authorities are evaluating use of the remodeled AMIA courtroom in Comodoro Py, which seats about 200 people and could be available by the end of the month.
  • TOF 7 retains final authority over format and timing in a case that names 87 defendants in the main file and 126 across connected cases.