Overview

• Amín may leave the Villa Urquiza prison twice a month for three hours each time under custody as part of a transitory release regime.
• He was sentenced to life in 2009 for homicide aggravated by cruelty after killing his wife in 2007, with forensic reports detailing strangulation and mutilation.
• The defense’s insanity claim at trial was rejected when psychiatric experts concluded he simulated psychosis, and the court found him criminally responsible.
• The release benefits followed months of litigation under Argentina’s sentence-execution rules, which consider time served and prison conduct.
• His recent appearances in Tucumán during authorized outings have renewed public indignation over granting such benefits in extreme gender-violence cases.