Overview
- A Córdoba criminal chamber granted Ignacio Martín release with conditions after he reached the two‑thirds threshold of his seven‑year sentence.
- Execution judge Gustavo Echenique Estévez said cessation of imprisonment was the available path because the conviction is not yet final.
- Martín was sentenced in September 2023 for usurpation of title, illegal practice of medicine, and qualified fraud, and he was acquitted of homicide and serious‑injury charges.
- During the 2020 COVID‑19 response he worked within the provincial COE without a license, attended patients, signed medical certificates, and used another doctor’s registration to authorize driving‑license paperwork.
- A cassation by the private prosecution challenging the acquittals remains pending, and the decision has provoked local controversy given his public exposure during the health emergency.