Overview

• The Chamber of Crime of Córdoba’s Second Nomination ordered the cessation of imprisonment for Ignacio Martín, allowing his release after more than two and a half years in custody.
• Martín was sentenced in September 2023 to seven years for usurpation of title, illegal practice of medicine, and aggravated fraud, and he was acquitted of homicide and serious-injury charges with dolus eventualis.
• Execution judge Gustavo Echenique Estévez explained that, with appeals pending against parts of the verdict, cessation of imprisonment was the applicable mechanism once the time threshold was met.
• According to court findings, Martín operated within the province’s Covid-19 COE, where he attended patients, signed certificates, and handled administrative tasks without a medical license.
• The decision provoked criticism in local judicial and political circles due to his prominent pandemic-era role and the institutional oversight failures highlighted by the case.