Overview
- The request, filed Friday to Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno, was signed by Ricardo Gil Lavedra and Luis Alberto Miguel, who lead the bar associations in Buenos Aires and Santiago del Estero.
- The colleges argue the precautionary measures imposed on Agostina Páez appear disproportionate and ask that consular mechanisms be activated.
- They also sought cooperation from the Rio de Janeiro section of Brazil’s bar association (OAB-RJ) to monitor the proceeding and constitutional guarantees.
- Páez remains in Rio de Janeiro under an electronic ankle monitor, must maintain a fixed domicile, and is barred from leaving Brazil while the case proceeds.
- She met the Argentine consul in Rio and then appeared before the judge, has denied any intent to discriminate, wants to return to Argentina, and reports fearing for her safety.