The Supreme Court of Justice upheld the four-year prison sentence for former Planning Minister Julio De Vido. He was found to be a necessary participant in the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration, in connection with the Once railway tragedy that occurred on February 22, 2012, which caused the deaths of 51 people. Judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Ricardo Lorenzetti rejected as 'inadmissible' the appeals from the Public Prosecutor's Office and De Vido's defense against the sentence imposing a four-year prison term, perpetual special disqualification, and legal costs. In 2018, the Federal Oral Tribunal No. 4 had convicted the former minister for failing to fulfill his duty to control the use of public funds allocated to the concessionaire Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA). Although he was acquitted of the crime of culpable disaster linked to the deaths and injuries caused by the accident, he was held responsible for the irregular handling of funds. According to the ruling of the TOF 4, composed of judges Pablo Bertuzzi, Néstor Costabel, and Gabriela López Iñíguez, the Ministry of Planning did not control the destination of the money despite public reports warning about the poor functioning of the Sarmiento railway line service.
