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Argentina Kirchner UN legal push amid Peronist split

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In late 2026, judicial proceedings regarding the Kirchner family’s corruption cases saw significant developments in trial structure, asset forfeiture, and the detention status of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In September, the Federal Oral Court No. 2 extended Kirchner’s house arrest at her Buenos Aires residence as she serves a six-year sentence related to the Vialidad case. This coincided with the confirmation of preventive embargoes on various assets to cover an estimated $685 billion in state losses. In a new legal maneuver, Kirchner’s defense team submitted a petition to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, seeking to overturn her conviction and political disqualification. The defense introduced new evidence claiming companies linked to Lázaro Báez received less than 1% of relevant road trust funds, while Máximo Kirchner argued that preventing her candidacy harms Argentine democracy. A major procedural shift occurred regarding the Hotesur and Los Sauces trials. While the Federal Oral Court 5 (TOF 5) had initially ordered the separation of the two cases—scheduling Los Sauces for October 23, 2026, and Hotesur for March 19, 2027—the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation ultimately overturned this decision. Following appeals from prosecutor Diego Velasco, who argued that splitting the trials could jeopardize convictions, the Chamber ruled that the cases would be processed as a single, unified trial. The unified trial, involving 19 defendants including Cristina and Máximo Kirchner, officially commenced in late October at the Comodoro Py courts in the Sala AMIA. Prosecutors allege a criminal association operated between 2003 and 2015 to launder money and misappropriate public funds through family-linked businesses. ~~While initial hearings allowed for telemetric participation, the court specified~~ Specifically, prosecutors alleged that ~~future sessions will be conducted strictly~~ of the approximately $25.9 million in ~~person on Mondays, Fridays,~~ rental and ~~Saturdays.~~ hotel income reported by Los Sauces SA, 65% allegedly originated from Grupo Indalo companies and 23% from companies linked to Lázaro Báez.

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