Overview
- The fiscal general Gabriel Pérez Barberá filed a dictamen on Wednesday asking that the investigation into the Pilar mansion attributed to AFA figures be moved from the federal court in Campana back to the national Penal Económico court.
- The request puts the decision in the hands of judges Roberto Hornos and Carolina Robiglio, who must decide whether the case stays with Judge Adrián González Charvay in Campana or returns to the specialized court.
- The dispute follows a path through multiple tribunals: the file began at Daniel Rafecas's court in Comodoro Py, moved to Marcelo Aguinsky in the Penal Económico, was shifted to Campana after formal owners sought territorial jurisdiction, and was then sent to the Penal Económico by the Casación for resolution.
- Evidence seized at the Pilar property includes 54 luxury vehicles registered to relatives, AFA-related items such as a bag and a plaque bearing Claudio Tapia's name, and records of a corporate AFA card that prosecutors say paid large recurring expenses.
- Beyond the competence fight, the Cámara en lo Penal Económico must also decide whether to confirm prosecutions of figures such as Claudio Tapia and Pablo Toviggino in a separate claim that alleges improper retention of 19,300 million pesos, a ruling that could broaden financial scrutiny of the AFA.