Overview
- A judge ordered Esteban Ramón Delgado released on July 3 because the Santa Fe prosecution did not file a required extension of his preventive detention before the shortened deadline, and the defense successfully asked for his freedom.
- The case file was reassigned to fiscal Javier Paz on June 1 during an MPA reorganization after fiscal Maximiliano Nicosia Herrero had led the investigation, and prosecutors now dispute who failed to request the detention extension.
- Delgado, who is formally accused of aggravated sexual abuse of two daughters and faces an 18-year prison request, was re-arrested about 20 days later after prosecutors said he violated a family-court 500‑meter restraining order.
- The family’s lawyers say the freed man registered a home roughly 300 meters from the victims, leaving one daughter terrified and highlighting how the lapse exposed survivors to direct risk.
- The Fiscalía Regional 2ª says it is auditing internal records to determine responsibility for the missed prórroga while the separate homicide probe into Sofía Delgado, whose body was found in November 2024, remains open.