Overview
- Federal Cassation’s Sala II, which ruled Thursday, reopened review of the Cristina Kirchner attack to decide if it qualifies as attempted femicide after granting a prosecutor’s complaint backed by Judges Alejandro Slokar and Guillermo Yacobucci.
- Prosecutors from the specialized women’s‑violence unit argue the attack fits femicide as political gender violence, countering the trial court’s view that it required proof of personal animosity toward women.
- The Cassation prosecutor, Mario Villar, must now issue an opinion before the court rules, and a femicide finding could push the 10‑ and 8‑year sentences toward the higher ranges prosecutors sought during trial.
- The National Supreme Court on Thursday rejected defense complaints in the Fernando Báez Sosa murder case as inadmissible because provincial review is still pending, with Justices Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Ricardo Lorenzetti signing.
- Next in that case is a decision by Buenos Aires Province’s Supreme Court, and until then the 2023 verdicts—five life terms and three 15‑year terms—stand despite a 2024 ruling that removed the 'alevosía' aggravator.