Argentina court denies parole eligibility for Abigail Páez

The Sala B of the Tribunal de Impugnación Penal has denied the possibility of Abigail Páez requesting parole once she completes the minimum term of her sentence. Páez was one of the individuals convicted for the 2021 murder of Lucio Dupuy in La Pampa.

The court upheld a previous ruling by Execution Judge Edgardo Javier Trombicki, rejecting arguments from the defense to declare Article 14 of the Penal Code unconstitutional. The defense had sought to remove legal impediments that exclude certain crimes from parole benefits.

The tribunal ruled that the case falls under two exclusion categories: aggravated homicide and sexual offenses. While the life sentence absorbed the sanctions of other crimes, the court clarified that this does not eliminate the legal consequences tied to each specific criminal figure.