Overview
- The Federal Casación court’s Sala IV, by majority, declared the appeal by Máximo and Florencia Kirchner inadmissible on Friday and left preventive embargos on 13 properties in place.
- The embargos were ordered by Tribunal Oral Federal N.º 2 on August 11 to preserve assets while judges consider a future decomiso tied to Cristina Kirchner’s final Vialidad conviction.
- The court record shows the frozen assets total ARS 684,990,350,139, a figure reported as roughly USD 645 million and intended to secure any eventual confiscation.
- Judges Gustavo Hornos and Diego Barroetaveña said the measure is provisional and not a final sentence so Casación lacked ground to intervene, while Mariano Borinsky dissented and urged full review over claims some assets predate the criminal scheme.
- The ruling keeps the apartment San José 1111, where Cristina Kirchner serves her sentence, under embargo but does not decide the decomiso itself, which remains an open step in the enforcement process.