Overview

• President Javier Milei presented the draft at the Ezeiza prison with Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, positioning it as a “tolerance zero” replacement for Argentina’s 1921 code.
• The plan raises penalties across homicide, robbery, sexual offenses, trafficking and corruption, makes certain grave crimes imprescriptible, and tightens parole and conditional release to enforce effective prison time.
• The government proposes lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 13, though one outlet cited 14, and it seeks non-bailable penalties for carrying firearms or knives.
• The package mandates the accusatory system nationwide to speed prosecutions and adds modern offenses including stealthing, pornovengeance, grooming, virtual kidnapping, AI-enabled fraud and crimes by “motochorros.”
• Civil-liberties and media groups flag risks in tougher injurias provisions and juvenile measures, while Milei ties passage to electing lawmakers who back victims and says timing of formal submission remains unclear.