Overview

• CTA de los Trabajadores and CTA Autónoma filed criminal complaints against President Javier Milei and SIDE chief Sergio Neiffert over reports of monitoring union protests, cultural events and opposition rallies
• Governor Axel Kicillof lodged a separate espionage complaint in La Plata Federal Court alleging SIDE reports tracked his movements alongside other political leaders without security justification
• Kicillof’s case was assigned to Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla, renowned for past probes into intelligence abuses, while Judge Julián Ercolini took the unions’ filings
• Complainants argue the clandestine SIDE reports breach Article 4 of National Intelligence Law 25.520 and infringe constitutional rights to privacy, free expression and political participation
• Senator Martín Lousteau convened the Bicameral Commission on Intelligence Oversight to decide next week whether to summon Sergio Neiffert for explanations