The Argentine Federal Court of Cassation rejected the request for house arrest for Juan Mauricio Zabaleta, who is being prosecuted for the kidnapping for ransom followed by murder of port businessman Gastón Tallone, which occurred in 2024. Despite the money being delivered, he was killed and his remains would have been incinerated by the side of a road near Campana. Zabaleta is one of the eight defendants facing a request for a jury trial in a case that also includes lawyer José Alberto Tomás Uriburu and drug trafficker Gustavo Juliá. The defense had based the house arrest request on the alleged need to care for his minor daughters, arguing that the original court had made a restrictive and discriminatory interpretation. However, the magistrates considered that it was not proven that the well-being of the minors was at risk due to the father's absence. In his vote, Yacobucci pointed out that no risky situation for the integrity or rights of the daughters emerged, nor any other circumstance that would justify modifying the detention. The social and psychological reports incorporated into the case indicated that the girls remain under the exclusive care of their mother and her partner, in a family environment that guarantees their educational, recreational, and affective needs.
