Overview
- The Jurado de Enjuiciamiento voted unanimously to put prosecutors Javier Di Santo, Daniel Miralles and Luis Pizarro on trial for alleged mal desempeño and grave negligence in the 2006 femicide investigation.
- The file was referred to attorney general Juan Manuel Delgado, who has 30 business days to formalize charges ahead of a jury proceeding anticipated in 2026, with outcomes ranging from removal to exoneration.
- The Macarrón family accuses the prosecutors of targeting them, ignoring leads toward worker Roberto Marcos Bárzola, and committing institutional violence throughout the probe.
- Forensic testing reported by the provincial prosecutor’s office matched DNA on a bathrobe belt and pubic hair to Bárzola, who was later granted a dismissal on statute-of-limitations grounds by a Río Cuarto chamber; the family’s appeal is pending before the provincial high court.
- After years of shifting theories and the 2022 acquittal of widower Marcelo Macarrón, the crime remains unresolved, and the three prosecutors continue in their posts while the impeachment process advances.