Overview
- Argentina’s Supreme Court rejected the final challenge to Julio De Vido’s conviction for fraudulent administration in the Once rail disaster case, leaving the four-year sentence firm.
- TOF 4 judge Ricardo Basílico ordered De Vido to appear at 8:30 a.m. to execute the sentence after advancing the summons to avoid a clash with the separate ‘cuadernos’ trial hearing.
- The tribunal ordered detention to begin, and a bid by the defense to suspend the arrest was rejected according to Clarín’s account.
- Defense lawyer Maximiliano Rusconi announced a filing to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, calling the ruling arbitrary and raising a prescription claim said to have expired on December 10, 2024.
- The 75-year-old former minister requested home confinement on health and age grounds, while coverage differs on whether he remains free or is already in custody pending rulings on those requests.