Overview
- The Juzgado de Garantías N°1 on July 8 denied the defense request to dismiss charges against Leandro Ginóbili, and his lawyers have five days to appeal to the Cámara to try to stop elevation to an oral trial.
- Prosecutors have charged Ginóbili along with engineer Pablo Gustavo Ascolani and municipal official Laura Fabiana Soberón with crimes tied to the collapse that killed 13 people on December 16, 2023.
- The indictment alleges Ginóbili ignored Servicio Meteorológico Nacional warnings and failed to suspend the event, Ascolani is accused of certifying the building’s stability in 2016 despite defects, and Soberón faces a charge for dereliction in the habilitations office.
- Independent pericial reports ordered by the Suprema Corte and an engineer for the victims found the fallen wall had structural defects and identified at least two other walls with the same deficiencies.
- A separate, parallel probe opened after analysis of cellphone records is examining alleged false testimony and possible cover‑up involving club directors and some peritos, a development that could affect evidence and witness credibility at trial.