Argentine lawyer Agostina Páez, detained in Brazil for the crime of 'Racial Injury', will return to the country after the first hearing, where the judge sentenced her to two years in prison. According to the Argentine News Agency (NA), Páez's defense lawyer, Carla Junqueira, stated in a television interview: 'We have to process the paperwork, the prosecution did not object, and the judge has to define the bail. Now we need to complete the procedures to make her return effective.' 'The prosecution reduced the request from three crimes to one, with a minimum sentence of two years, replaceable by community service and financial reparation to the victims. It's a matter of about three days.' After the prosecution and the civil parties presented their versions, in the Criminal Court No. 37, presided over by Judge Guilherme Schilling Pollo Duarte, he imposed a sentence of 'at least two years with effective fulfillment in Argentina, furthermore, the prosecutor understood, with the apologies, that Agostina understood what racism means for Brazil,' added Junqueira. This afternoon, the first meeting was held between those who accused Páez of making racist gestures upon leaving a restaurant and her defense: 'It was a successful first stage of the defense. Put yourselves in the shoes of people who suffer from racism. It was the worst experience of my life and I feel relieved. The services will be in Argentina. I don't know when they will remove the ankle monitor. The victims said nothing about me, they accepted the apologies and left,' added Agóstina. In an impromptu press conference at the court door, Páez herself recounted: 'There was no apology from the man who made me the obscene gesture, I apologized in the courtroom. People should get informed. I would go back to Brazil because it is a country that I like.'
