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Argentina’s Supreme Court Lets Threat Conviction Stand for Lawyer Tied to Bento Case

The high court’s inadmissibility ruling closes remaining appeals, cementing a six‑month suspended sentence stemming from a spinoff of the Walter Bento corruption case.

Overview

  • Justices Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz and Ricardo Lorenzetti rejected the defense’s extraordinary appeal as inadmissible, leaving the verdict final.
  • Jaime Andrés Alba Nortes was convicted of threatening federal prosecutor Dante Vega after case recordings captured him discussing buying a .308 rifle to have Vega killed.
  • The threat case arose during the Bento trial, with police informant Enzo Diego Stuto providing testimony and 2021 audio that were incorporated into the file.
  • Substitute judge Susana Pravata initially imposed a six‑month suspended sentence, which was later affirmed by the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation’s Sala I.
  • Alba also holds a separate seven‑year sentence for his role in the illicit association led by ex‑judge Walter Bento, who was sentenced to 18 years.