Overview
- Tribunal Oral Federal No. 7 held a new hearing focused on defense motions to void parts of the case, targeting both the cooperation statute and the Centeno notebooks.
- Manuel Ubeira, representing former Yacyretá chief Oscar Thomas, attacked the constitutionality and alleged coercive application of the cooperation law by prosecutor Carlos Stornelli and the late judge Claudio Bonadio.
- Businessmen who previously cooperated—Rodolfo Poblete, a Taselli linked to Faraday S.A., and Armando Loson—presented or prepared objections after earlier admitting payments to officials or intermediaries such as Roberto Baratta and Nelson Lazarte.
- The defense of Miguel Marcelino Aznar sought to remove the Financial Information Unit from the case as a private accuser, citing presidential decree 274/2025, a question the court has upheld in past rulings.
- Judges Enrique Méndez Signori, Fernando Canero, and Germán Castelli recessed proceedings until Thursday at 9 a.m. to continue hearing defenses before deciding on nullity bids and moving toward indagatorias.