Former Planning Minister of the Kirchnerist government, Julio De Vido, this Thursday after 8:15 AM presented himself at the Comodoro Py courthouses to serve a four-year prison sentence for the Once tragedy, after the Supreme Court left the ruling of the Federal Oral Court 4 final in this case.
De Vido is convicted for being considered a necessary participant in the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration due to the Once tragedy, which occurred on February 22, 2012, and caused the death of 51 people. Judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Ricardo Lorenzetti rejected as “inadmissible”, under article 280 of the Civil and Commercial Procedural Code, the appeals of the Public Prosecutor's Office and De Vido's defense against the sentence that imposed a four-year prison sentence and perpetual special disqualification on him.
In 2018, the FOC 4 had convicted the former minister by considering that he failed in 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 derailment, linked to the deaths and injuries caused by the accident, he was held responsible for the mismanagement of the funds.
According to the ruling of the FOC 4, made up 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 railway service of the Sarmiento line.
The Federal Criminal Cassation Chamber had confirmed the conviction and the defense appealed to the Supreme Court; in 2024, the highest court confirmed the criminal liability of De Vido for fraud, but ordered to review the amount of the sentence, which was finally set at four years in prison.
With the rejection of the parties' motions, the Supreme Court left the conviction final and dismissed the last attempt of the defense that sought the prescription of the case.
Former Planning Minister of the Kirchnerist government, Julio De Vido, will present himself this Thursday at 8:30 AM at the Comodoro Py courthouses to serve a four-year prison sentence for the Once tragedy, after the Supreme Court left the ruling of the Federal Oral Court 4 final in this case.
Meanwhile, the FOC 4 also rejected the request that De Vido's defense had made for house arrest so that the former official would not have to present himself tomorrow. The lawyer Maximiliano Rusconi, who represents the former minister of the Kirchnerist government, had confirmed anyway to the Argentine News Agency that the former official would be present at the federal courts.
The Court had requested this Tuesday that De Vido present himself on Thursday so that his detention is made effective after the conviction was confirmed by the Supreme Court, which left the four-year prison sentence of the former official final by considering him a necessary participant in the crime of fraudulent administration to the detriment of the public administration due to the Once tragedy, which occurred on February 22, 2012, and caused the death of 51 people.
Judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Ricardo Lorenzetti rejected as “inadmissible”, under article 280 of the Civil and Commercial Procedural Code, the appeals of the Public Prosecutor's Office and De Vido's defense against the sentence that imposed a four-year prison sentence and perpetual special disqualification on him.
In 2018, the FOC 4 had convicted the former minister by considering that he failed in 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 derailment, linked to the deaths and injuries caused by the accident, he was held responsible for the mismanagement of the funds.
