Overview
- President Javier Milei met Nahuel Gallo at the Casa Rosada on Wednesday in their first in-person meeting since the March 1 repatriation.
- Security minister Alejandra Monteoliva, foreign minister Pablo Quirno, senator Patricia Bullrich and Gendarmería chief Claudio Miguel Brilloni joined the meeting.
- Gallo spent 448 days in Venezuela’s El Rodeo I after his December 8, 2024 arrest at the San Antonio del Táchira crossing, facing espionage or conspiracy claims that Argentina said lacked due process.
- He returned on March 1 aboard a private plane arranged by Argentina’s football association, a role that drew political sensitivity as the AFA eclipsed official channels in the final logistics.
- Since returning, Gallo has urged focus on others still jailed in Venezuela, including Argentine lawyer Germán Giuliani, and Wednesday’s public reception keeps those detentions on the agenda.