Overview
- Sanatorio Otamendi reported a slow recovery from postoperative ileus following surgery for appendicitis with localized peritonitis, with continued peritoneal drainage, IV antibiotics and no discharge date.
- The former president is serving a six-year sentence in the Vialidad case under home confinement at her San José 1111 residence.
- Her lawyers asked to expand visits, remove the electronic ankle monitor and extend authorized time on the building’s terrace, requests that TOF2 initially rejected.
- During the summer recess, Casación’s Sala IV is composed of Mariano Borinsky, Ángela Ledesma and Guillermo Yacobucci, with Diego Barroetaveña and Gustavo Hornos on leave and Juan Carlos Gemignani and Javier Carbajo excused.
- The Supreme Court recently rejected the defense challenge to the ankle monitor for lack of foundation, leaving any potential changes to detention conditions uncertain as decisions during the recess are awaited.