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Supreme Court Upholds De Vido’s Four-Year Conviction in Once Train Case

The trial court ordered his arrest to execute the sentence, with a decision pending on possible home confinement due to his age.

Overview

  • Justices Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz and Ricardo Lorenzetti left the ruling final by declaring appeals from the prosecution and the defense inadmissible under Article 280.
  • The confirmed sentence is four years in prison with permanent disqualification from public office for De Vido’s role as a necessary participant in fraudulent administration.
  • Following the Supreme Court decision, Federal Oral Court No. 4 ordered De Vido to appear at Comodoro Py on Thursday at 10:00 to make his detention effective.
  • De Vido was acquitted of the charge tied directly to the 2012 fatalities and injuries, but courts found he failed to control funds allocated to the Sarmiento line concessionaire TBA.
  • The tribunal will determine the mode of sentence execution, and the defense is expected to seek home confinement given that De Vido is 75; a recent bid to claim prescription was also rejected.