Buenos Aires, April 1 (NA) – Agostina Páez, the young lawyer from Santiago del Estero, accused of racial defamation in Brazil, returned to Argentina this afternoon after the justice system of the neighboring country accepted the habeas corpus presented by her defense. This allows her to await the judge's final ruling with her family and friends. Páez arrived at Jorge Newbery Airport and set foot on Argentine soil after being held in Brazil for nearly three months with an electronic ankle bracelet: 'I was terrified of going to jail and of going out on the street,' were her first words, and she added that 'the nightmare is finally over.' 'Now I want to go to my province, to reunite with my family and my friends,' she added, and confirmed that this Thursday she will be back in Santiago del Estero. Just before boarding her flight to Buenos Aires, the young woman posted a message with her lawyer, Carla Junquiera, titled 'Now yes, we're going back,' and another photo with the Argentine vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro, Maximiliano Alaniz Rodríguez, who participated in the efforts to obtain some form of leniency. The 29-year-old arrived accompanied by Junquiera, and upon reaching the air terminal, she was received by her family and loved ones amidst great emotion, following the uncertainty she experienced in Brazil, as at one point it was said she could receive a 15-year prison sentence. According to what Noticias Argentinas agency learned, this Tuesday, it was also learned that the lawyer paid the bail set at over 18,500 dollars, so they removed the ankle bracelet and granted her permission to return. IP The case has had repercussions in both Argentina and Brazil, in a context of increasing toughening of laws against discriminatory acts in the neighboring country, where such conduct is considered a serious crime. #AgenciaNA 'I regret having reacted badly, despite the context, I regret having reacted that way,' the woman confided, who was denounced last January for having made racist gestures against a waiter after leaving a bar in Rio de Janeiro. Shortly after, she was detained, fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet, and forced to remain in Brazil.
