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Judicial Suspensions and Corruption Probes Test Trust in Argentina, Spain and Mexico

Suspended trials alongside advancing indictments underscore tensions between judicial oversight and political authority.

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Robo en una confitería de San Martín: ladrones exigen las claves de los celulares.
Axel Kicillof en la Cgt
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Overview

  • Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal N°7 in San Isidro halted the jury trial of nurse Dahiana Madrid in the Diego Maradona death case pending a nullity ruling from an earlier proceeding.
  • Magistrate María de los Ángeles Lorenzo Cáceres sent two separate pieces of Spain’s ‘Caso Mediador’ bribery investigation to the Audiencia Provincial de Santa Cruz de Tenerife for trial.
  • Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo denounced as “mentirosas” unsubstantiated claims by lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman that President Claudia Sheinbaum serves as a cartel publicist.
  • Argentine authorities charged María Belén Roggiano and Enzo Costilla with aggravated motorcycle theft in Santa Fe, arrested a suspect in the Frontera shooting that killed a 4-year-old boy and secured indictments for five people in San Luis on kidnapping, robbery and attempted sexual assault charges.
  • President Javier Milei’s administration is reconvening allied governors to shore up support for a pivotal Chamber of Deputies vote to uphold his veto.