Overview

• Judges cited a “plurality of unequivocal signs” including ceased attacks after Brenda Agüero’s departure to infer her responsibility for five homicides and eight attempted murders.
• Five former Hospital Materno Neonatal Dr. Ramón Carrillo officials were convicted of cover-up and omission, while others, including ex-health minister Diego Cardozo, were acquitted.
• The ruling formally recognized state-inflicted violence against mothers and newborns through omissions, mistreatment and concealment by public health agents.
• The non-unanimous verdict featured one dissenting judge and four jurors, underlining contested interpretations of the circumstantial evidence.
• Defense lawyers have announced plans to appeal the court’s legal and evidentiary findings.