Overview
- Former planning minister Julio De Vido has been held at the Central Penitentiary Hospital in Ezeiza since Thursday after the Supreme Court left his Once case conviction firm.
- His wife, Alessandra Minnicelli, says he was found dehydrated, has not received regular medication, and was given food unsuitable for his insulin‑dependent diabetes, citing a breakfast of five breads.
- She reports restrictions on basic hygiene and contact, including denial of a shower and hot water for mate and access only to a single card phone usable once daily before 8 p.m.
- The family filed a written complaint, and according to their account the judge sent an order to prison authorities to regularize the situation.
- The defense seeks house arrest supported by a medical report, the court has ordered a new medical exam and a socioenvironmental assessment that are pending, and the family threatens a habeas corpus while naming Security Minister Patricia Bullrich as politically responsible.