Overview
- Tribunal Oral Federal 7 set the opening hearing for Thursday, November 6 at 9:30, and the judges ordered the proceedings to run online.
- Prosecutor General Fabiana León issued a public report describing the investigation as the most extensive corruption inquiry in Argentina’s judicial history.
- The consolidated proceedings involve 126 defendants overall, with 87 entering the first oral phase to address hundreds of alleged acts under eight criminal classifications.
- Key defendants include Cristina Kirchner, accused as the alleged head of an illicit association and of passive bribery, along with former officials Julio De Vido, José López, Roberto Baratta, Ricardo Jaime and Juan Pablo Schiavi, plus dozens of business leaders.
- The probe originates in the notebooks of driver Oscar Centeno and spans related cases tied to public works, energy and transport subsidies, with the prosecution proposing 899 witnesses for the oral stage.