Overview
- The decision was read at 10:40 a.m. in La Plata and set out in a 115-page ruling that will be sent to the Buenos Aires provincial Supreme Court for implementation.
- Makintach is barred from holding future judicial office and will not receive a magistrate’s pension, and her destitution lifts immunity as a separate criminal inquiry proceeds in San Isidro’s UFI No. 1.
- Prosecutor Analía Duarte said the judge used state resources for a personal project; evidence showed a film crew entered the San Isidro courts with her authorization and included an outline with episode titles such as “the sentence.”
- The former judge did not attend the reading; she has denied responsibility, saying “there was no documentary,” and had asked that her previously submitted resignation be accepted.
- Authorities said the nullified case over Diego Maradona’s death will be retried, with a new start date set for March 17.