Overview
- Opening statements before Salta’s Federal Oral Court No. 1 outlined the prosecution’s case that the pair actively took part in an organized network moving marijuana from Orán to the provincial capital.
- Both defendants attended the first session by video and declined to testify; judges ruled they must appear in person at the next hearing.
- An Airport Security Police investigator testified first, describing intelligence work, surveillance and communications analysis used to map the alleged transport scheme.
- The case centers on a February 5, 2025 operation in which a pickup was stopped near the former Aunor toll while a second vehicle fled, was pursued and 15 kilograms of marijuana were seized.
- Five of seven original defendants have already been convicted in plea agreements with sentences ranging from four to seven years, leaving only Oliva and Tolaba on trial.