Overview
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended a presencial indagatoria in the Cuadernos case after denouncing the summons as a media “circus” and criticizing the shift from virtual to in-person testimony.
- Allies including Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof publicly backed her as supporters gathered outside her residence and authorities prepared security for the trip to Comodoro Py.
- Media reports on entrepreneur Mauricio Novelli’s cellphone describe a draft mentioning a three-stage US$5 million payment linked to the $LIBRA project involving Javier and Karina Milei, and a video of spokesman Manuel Adorni has sharpened internal rifts.
- The lower-house investigative commission said it will seek testimony from the president and his sister and move a complaint against the LIBRA case prosecutor, escalating congressional scrutiny.
- Public-security cases advanced: in La Matanza, a provincial police officer was detained over the killing of DiDi driver Cristian Pereyra and another suspect was arrested in a separate slaying, while in Mexico the FGR acknowledged it cannot ensure chain of custody for evidence at cabins tied to the operation that mortally wounded CJNG leader “El Mencho.”