Overview
- Argentina’s Federal Court of Cassation upheld Fernández’s processing on charges of aggravated minor and serious injuries in a gender-violence context and coercive threats.
- The court granted the defense motion to remove Judge Julián Ercolini after new details of a past friendship turned enmity raised concerns about impartiality.
- All prior acts and evidence were declared valid, preserving the record built from WhatsApp messages, photos, medical documentation and witness testimony.
- The case file will go to the Federal Chamber to assign a new magistrate, who can decide on elevation to trial following prosecutor Ramiro González’s request to close the investigation and proceed to a public hearing.
- Judges rejected defense bids for nullities, lack of action, a venue shift to San Isidro and the lifting of embargoes, leaving the case one step from an oral proceeding.