Overview
- Judge Andrea Rodríguez Mentasti converted Morena Rial’s detention into preventive custody and ordered her to remain at Unidad 51 in Magdalena.
- The ruling cites procedural flight risk and documented noncompliance, including missed weekly court check-ins, lack of treatment certificates, failure to reside at the declared address, and no proof of lawful income.
- Prosecutor Patricio Ferrari had sought revocation of her earlier release, and the measure will hold until trial unless a higher court changes it.
- Rial is prosecuted for an aggravated robbery on January 18 in Villa Adelina, alleged to have been carried out with accomplices using a Peugeot 207 while the homeowners were away.
- Her defense opposed the decision, proposed home confinement with a friend that the judge deemed inadequate, alleged poor conditions and limited communication in the prison, and signaled plans to seek a transfer.