Overview

• Authorities say the operation centered on the Sampacho checkpoint on Route 8, where drivers were stopped for purported irregularities before payments were demanded.
• Investigators report payments ranged from 50,000 to 600,000 pesos, delivered in cash or via transfers to third-party accounts used to mask the proceeds.
• About 20 coordinated raids were carried out in Sampacho and Holmberg and extended to Santa Fe, Catamarca and Salta as the case widened.
• Of the 23 accused, 13 are jailed in Bouwer and the remainder are under house arrest or alternative measures, with charges including illicit association, illegal exactions and abuse of authority.
• The case names the local road section chief, Analía Galian, and examines an alleged scheme active from mid‑2024 to September 2025, while Judge Carlos Ochoa and Prosecutor Rodolfo Cabanillas weigh further indictments and potential higher‑level involvement.