Latin American officials face a wave of court cases and investigations

In Argentina, a judge denied former mayor Enrique Aybar’s request for assisted liberty while prosecutors push a new sexual‑abuse investigation. Former mayor Antonella Gil Rosino was formally charged with embezzlement, document falsification and misuse of public funds, accused of creating dozens of fake invoices that diverted roughly 19.6 million dollars. Former sports minister Raúl Carrión had his four‑year sentence for embezzlement raised to eight years, with a fine of $36 872 and a permanent ban on holding public office. The provincial government of San Luis seeks the removal and preventive suspension of judge Cynthia Fernández Paz over a fee‑setting order that would have cost the state over $1 billion. The Argentine Supreme Court upheld life‑long convictions for three former military intelligence officers for crimes against humanity committed during the 1970s dictatorship.

Elsewhere, a Mauritian court rejected a request to ease preventive detention for a 47‑year‑old man accused of cocaine trafficking. In the Dominican Republic, former anti‑corruption prosecutor Mirna Ortiz faces a defamation suit, while two suspects remain fugitives in a child‑abuse case. Ecuador’s ex‑sports minister Raúl Carrión (different from the Ecuadorian case) also received an increased corruption sentence. In Peru, the National Electoral Court stripped mayor Elber Requejo Sánchez of his office for violating municipal hiring rules. Thailand’s courts ordered preventive detention for Nasareth Freddy I.S. after he shot a man who had demanded his 15‑year‑old daughter’s hand.