Overview
- The Sala IV appellate panel confirmed the April procesamiento of businessman Marcelo Porcel for repeated sexual offenses against ten minors, keeping him formally charged while the case proceeds to trial.
- Judges rejected preventive detention but imposed stricter controls including a ban on leaving Argentina, an order for an electronic ankle monitor, delivery of panic buttons to complainants and an asset embargo of $111,564,950.
- Evidence before the court includes Cámara Gesell testimonies from the ten complainants and a forensic phone analysis that found hidden‑camera photographs of minors naked in Porcel’s apartment.
- Seven of the ten complainants sent letters asking for Porcel’s detention and the querella and prosecutor renewed that request during the appeal hearing, but the court preferred enhanced monitoring and procedural steps instead.
- The procesamiento is a formal step that is not a conviction; next steps include implementing ordered protections, extracting DNA as authorized by the judges and continued evidence development ahead of a possible trial.