Overview
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner filed a recurso de queja at the Supreme Court on Monday, June 8, 2026, seeking to stop execution and the possible sale of 19–20 properties in Santa Cruz that were transferred to her children.
- The move follows decisions by the Tribunal Oral Federal 2 and the Cámara Federal de Casación Penal that included those properties in the Vialidad decomiso and affirmed a doctrine allowing seizure of assets transferred to third parties or heirs.
- Her defence, led by lawyer Carlos Beraldi, argues the decomiso exceeds Article 23 of the Penal Code by reaching assets of lawful origin and that seizing properties of unconvicted heirs violates property, due process and presumption of innocence rights.
- Procedurally the recurso de queja is the defence’s last judicial remedy after Casación denied extraordinary appeals and does not automatically suspend execution unless the Supreme Court admits the complaint and grants a suspensive effect.
- A Court decision could determine whether roughly ARS 684 billion fixed in the Vialidad recovery can be collected from family holdings, affect parallel seizures tied to Lázaro Báez, and set precedent on how far decomiso can reach into relatives’ assets.