Overview
- The full Congress approved a final report from the Muñante commission that recommends filing criminal complaints against journalist Gustavo Gorriti and several officials, a measure reported to have passed by a large majority.
- The parliamentary text accuses Gorriti of alleged tráfico de influencias, cohecho activo and obstruction for supposedly offering “media favors” to influence prosecutorial decisions.
- The report is to be referred to Attorney General Tomás Gálvez for him to evaluate opening formal investigations, a step that rights groups say creates immediate legal risk for Gorriti and his newsroom.
- More than 230 journalists and leading press‑freedom organizations including the SIP, CPJ, Reporters Without Borders and Fundación Gabo publicly condemned the congressional move as an attempt to criminalize reporting and pressured the Public Ministry to act according to law.
- The case grows from long‑running Odebrecht/Lava Jato probes and is tied to a commission led by Alejandro Muñante of Renovación Popular; critics note party leaders who have attacked Gorriti and past attempts to access his sources as part of a pattern that could chill investigative journalism.