Overview
- On Friday the Ministerio Público Fiscal asked the Tribunal Oral Federal No. 3 to acquit Marcelo Corazza, saying some allegations are time‑barred and the recent association charge lacks sufficient proof.
- The same prosecution asked long prison terms for four co-defendants, seeking 22 years for Francisco Angelotti Notarbartolo, 11 years for Leandro Aguiar, and 10 years each for Fernando Charpenet and Raúl/Ignacio Mermet.
- The Defensoría Pública de Víctimas strongly opposed the prescription argument and asked the court to convict all five accused and order reparations for victims.
- The closed-door trial at Comodoro Py began in August 2025 after a Protex complaint filed on October 24, 2022 led to federal charges for trafficking, corruption of minors, aggravated sexual abuse and related crimes.
- Defense pleadings are next on the schedule, no verdict date has been set, and the outcome will turn on how the court treats statute-of-limitations claims and the sufficiency of evidence for recent conduct.