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Court Frees Nicolás Carrizo in CFK Assassination-Attempt Trial After Prosecutors Drop Case

The judges granted release under sworn surety after the trial record failed to tie him to a weapon or the plot, shifting the focus to the two main defendants.

Nicolás Carrizo se sienta ante el tribunal antes del inicio de un juicio contra los presuntos responsables del intento de asesinato de la expresidenta y exvicepresidenta Cristina Fernández en Buenos Aires, Argentina, el miércoles 26 de junio de 2024. Junto con Fernando Sabag Montiel y Brenda Uliarte, Carrizo Está acusado de planificar y ejecutar el ataque de septiembre de 2022, al que Fernández sobrevivió cuando el arma no disparó. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko)
En la audiencia por el juicio ya habían anticipado que "no existen los elementos para acusarlo" a Gabriel Carrizo
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Overview

  • Federal Oral Tribunal No. 6 ordered Carrizo’s excarceration with conditions to fix domicile and not be absent for more than 24 hours pending the final verdict.
  • Prosecutor Gabriela Baigún said the evidence did not show Carrizo possessed a gun or knew of the plan and formally requested his acquittal.
  • The legal team representing Cristina Fernández de Kirchner also withdrew its accusation and asked for absolution under the benefit of the doubt.
  • Carrizo, identified as the leader of Los Copitos, left the Marcos Paz prison after nearly three years in pretrial detention since September 2022.
  • The trial proceeds against Fernando Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte, with a hearing set for September 10, 2025 and prosecution seeking 15 and 14 years respectively, plus a bid to unify Sabag Montiel’s sentence to 19.