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Cuadernos Trial Opens With Cristina Kirchner in the Dock as Security Probes Sweep Argentina

The start of the oral proceedings tests the justice system’s bandwidth, with fresh arrests for police fuel fraud and a 364‑kg cocaine seizure underscoring parallel pressures.

Overview

  • Tribunal Oral Federal No. 7 began the oral phase by reading the accusation in the long‑running Cuadernos case, with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as the principal accused and more than 80 co‑defendants following largely online.
  • Kirchner dismissed the case as a political spectacle on social media, while government voices signaled support for the judiciary’s work and a full airing of evidence.
  • Internal Affairs teams carried out roughly a dozen raids in Santa Fe’s UR II fuel‑fraud probe, detaining at least eight people, including former regional chiefs Daniel Acosta, Diego Santamaría and Héctor Saucedo, in a case alleging multimillion‑peso losses.
  • Federal and provincial forces in Salta seized 364 kg of cocaine after a Bolivian aircraft’s emergency landing, with prosecutor Eduardo Villalba confirming multiple detentions tied to the operation.
  • In separate investigations, a retired Federal Police officer was detained after fatally shooting an alleged robber in Núñez, and a Rafaela suspect was transferred to Coronda prison on an attempted homicide charge ordered by prosecutor Martín Castellano.