Overview
- A judge in Lomas de Zamora granted a collective habeas corpus on Monday and ordered a 60‑day preventive suspension of the national Juvenile Criminal Regime that lowers imputability to 14, citing overcrowded youth detention centers.
- The suspension follows the federal government’s recent promulgation and reglamentation of the law by Decree 875/2026 and sets a September 16 hearing for provincial officials to report what steps they have taken to implement the reform.
- Senior national figures including Jefe de Gabinete Diego Santilli and senator Patricia Bullrich publicly condemned the suspension while Buenos Aires Security Minister Javier Alonso demanded funding and new courts, calling the reform an empty slogan without infrastructure.
- An NGO, Usina de Justicia, filed a criminal complaint accusing Judge Marta Elba Pascual of usurpation of functions and abuse of authority for ordering the halt, adding a legal countermeasure to the political dispute.
- Related government fronts include a federal probe at state shipyard TANDANOR that seized US$367,110 and the Presidency’s legal steps on Malvinas hydrocarbon projects with Foreign and Defense ministers added to the executive coordination table, highlighting tensions between policy goals and institutional capacity.