Overview
- TOF 7 opened the oral trial by reading the indictment, connecting 87 defendants via Zoom and authorizing initial YouTube broadcasts.
- Prosecutors allege a bribery scheme tied to public works from 2003 to 2015, charging Kirchner with leading an illicit association and with cohecho.
- Judges Enrique Méndez Signori, Fernando Canero and Germán Castelli scheduled weekly Thursday hearings, with Tuesdays added from March 3, 2026.
- The first session was disrupted by audio and camera problems that briefly halted the stream before the court resumed.
- The case rests on Oscar Centeno’s notebooks and testimony from at least 21 cooperating defendants, after broad “integral reparation” proposals were rejected.