The leader of the Civic Coalition, Elisa 'Lilita' Carrió, testified in a sensitive judicial case and once again put the power structure surrounding the Argentine Football Association (AFA) under scrutiny. Carrió explained that she acted as a legal advisor and that her recommendation was motivated by the conviction that the police procedure was not aimed at clarifying a common crime, but at accessing reserved information related to the AFA and journalistic contacts protected by professional secrecy. According to the leader's account, the advice was given while both were in the city of Mar del Plata, and it was accompanied by an explicit political warning. For the former deputy, this omission constitutes a serious violation of constitutional guarantees and an example of institutional violence. In her testimony, the leader stated that during the operation, Cambaceres was intimidated, having been threatened with being handcuffed and with the intervention of minor agencies if she continued to protest. In this context, Carrió insisted that what happened is not an isolated fact, but part of a pattern of using the state apparatus to intimidate whistleblowers and protect entrenched interests. Carrió was present during the procedure and denounced that the corresponding judicial order was not shown to her, despite having requested it explicitly. In her testimony, she revealed that it was she who advised Matías Yofe, a militant from her political space and whistleblower of alleged corruption in the AFA, to 'throw his cell phone into the sea', fearing that during a raid an attempt would be made to seize or manipulate evidence linked to Pablo Toviggino, the treasurer of the main Argentine football body. The testimony was given before the UFI No. 3 of Pilar, under the direction of prosecutor Germán Camafreita Steffich, within the framework of a case investigating an alleged extortion attributed to Yofe against Atilio Ormeño, former driver of the former Minister of Transport of Buenos Aires, Jorge D'Onofrio, currently prosecuted for alleged dealings with the traffic fine system. She recognized that days earlier she had had a strong crossfire with prosecutor Camafreita Steffich, to whom on this occasion she apologized, without backing down from her criticisms of the procedure and the political background of the case. The leader's testimony again connects the judicial case with the broader complaints about alleged corruption in the AFA, and reinforces the idea that behind the criminal file there would be a dispute for sensitive information. 'Don't forget that Toviggino and Massa are there,' she reportedly said, in reference to alleged crossed interests and dealings that, in her view, converge in football and in sectors of political power. The raid on Yofe's home was carried out on January 2 in the Buenos Aires locality of Villa Rosa, while the militant was not in the house. That account gave rise to the investigation that resulted in the questioned raid. Carrió also referred to the climate of institutional tension that surrounded the judicial process. Buenos Aires, January 2026 - Total News Agency - TNA - The leader of the Civic Coalition, Elisa 'Lilita' Carrió, testified as a witness in a sensitive judicial case and once again put the power structure surrounding the Argentine Football Association (AFA) under scrutiny. At the scene were her partner, Agustina Cambaceres, and their four-month-old daughter. Carrió affirmed that these facts were denounced before the Prosecutor General and before federal judicial authorities, and she emphasized that there is a parallel case for the alleged unlawful retention of Yofe's wife. The main case originated from a complaint filed on December 29, 2025 by Ormeño, who assured he had been extorted in August of last year. According to his version, Yofe and a bodyguard appeared at his home and would have told him that he had relevant information about D'Onofrio and Claudia Pombo.
