Overview
- Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast head to a December runoff after a tight first round, with Franco Parisi’s 19.7% emerging as the key swing; Kast secured quick backing from Johannes Kaiser and Evelyn Matthei as Jara broadened outreach and toughened security proposals.
- The Tribunal Oral Federal 2 ordered the execution of more than 80 properties linked to Cristina Kirchner and Lázaro Báez to cover an updated 685,000 million pesos in the Vialidad case, extending to assets tied to Máximo and Florencia Kirchner.
- Argentina’s ANDIS bribery probe deepened as chats published in the case point to businessman Miguel Ángel Calvete and his daughter’s roles, investigators reported a US$700,000 cash seizure at her home, and former agency head Diego Spagnuolo was set to testify today in Comodoro Py.
- In Spain’s 2024 dana investigation, the judge scheduled testimony for José Manuel Cuenca on November 26 and Emergencies official Jorge Suárez on December 4, with Suárez noted for proposing an ES-Alert during the crisis that later went out late.
- Prosecutors in Tucumán searched ten homes of police station chiefs over alleged bribe demands, seizing firearms and electronic devices for forensic review, while in Salta the double-murder trial of the Suárez brothers reached closing arguments with a verdict due today.