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Prosecutor Mola Asks Judge to Reject Insaurralde’s Recusal Bid

He says the recusal is a delay tactic that threatens progress in the money‑laundering probe.

Overview

  • Citing filings made last weekend, prosecutor Sergio Mola asked Judge Luis Armella to dismiss a recusal motion by Martín Insaurralde that seeks to remove Mola from the case.
  • Mola wrote that the defense has not shown loss of objectivity and argued the recusal is a tactical effort to condition the inquiry and secure impunity.
  • The prosecutor has already sought formal questioning and arrests for Insaurralde and Jesica Cirio, but Judge Armella rejected the detention requests as premature and instead imposed travel and proximity limits.
  • Court‑appointed forensic accountants are finishing a peritaje contable that prosecutors say is central to the probe; the judge recently excluded Carolina Álvarez from that accounting measure after prosecutors had included her.
  • The dispute over recusals and judicial steps comes as videos showing large sums of dollars renewed public pressure on the investigation and a change of magistrate is expected to shift who controls the file.