The Prosecutor's Office responded that this property has been part of the case from its inception and that at the time of the purchase, Insaurralde held public office in the municipality. In addition to the removal of Álvarez, the exclusion of points related to the former mayor's children was also questioned, particularly those aimed at analyzing employment, income, and financial capacity to acquire shares in private companies. Furthermore, the Prosecutor's Office argued that there would be a network of third parties used as supposed 'vehicles' for holding assets, including Álvarez, the former mayor's children, his nephew Gastón Barrachina, and the municipal contractor Víctor Donadío, linked to the Municipality of Lomas de Zamora. The most sensitive point in the prosecutor's argument revolves around Carolina Álvarez and a 2006 real estate transaction: she appears as the buyer of two lots in a private gated community where a large house was later built, which would be occupied by Insaurralde. The prosecutors claim that witnesses indicated that the acquisition was likely managed by the former official himself and that Álvarez's financial capacity to afford the purchase must be verified. In their submission, the prosecutors requested that the judge revoke the decision, reinstate the omitted points, and keep Álvarez under investigation, considering her role is central to understanding the asset structure being analyzed. The TV host Jésica Cirio, Insaurralde's ex-partner, is also accused in the case, under suspicion of operations linked to money laundering. According to the fiscal accusation, the former mayor cannot justify his expenses and assets with his reported income. The magistrate, however, reportedly argued that this operation falls outside the investigated period—which spans from the beginning of Insaurralde's tenure as mayor in 2009 to 2023—and therefore excluded his ex-wife from the probe. According to the prosecutors, these items are relevant to establishing the origin of the funds used for corporate operations and property use transfers, which form part of the asset map under study. At that stage, specific points were incorporated to determine the financial capacity and traceability of income for Carolina Álvarez—Insaurralde's ex-wife—and her sons Martín and Rodrigo Insaurralde, among others involved. Otherwise, they warned they could appeal to the Federal Chamber of La Plata for a review of the criteria. The case file was opened in October 2023, following the disclosure of Insaurralde's luxury trip to Marbella with Sofía Clerici on the yacht 'Bandido' in the midst of the electoral campaign. The focus of the conflict is the upcoming accounting audit: after a hearing in which more than 80 points of asset analysis were agreed upon with the approval of all parties, the federal subrogate judge Luis Armella reportedly unilaterally cut key items related to the ex-wife and Insaurralde's children, whom the prosecutors point to as alleged front companies. According to the reconstruction presented by federal prosecutors Sergio Mola and Diego Velasco, in the hearing held in early February, a broad agenda was defined for Supreme Court-appointed official experts and party-appointed experts to examine assets, fund movements, trips, and corporate operations. The dispute over the scope of the audit is not minor: its conclusions will determine whether the case moves towards indictments, requests for trial, or potential dismissals. Buenos Aires - February 13, 2026 - Total News Agency - TN. The case for alleged illicit enrichment and possible asset laundering, with former Lomas de Zamora mayor Martín Insaurralde as the main suspect, has been embroiled in a new judicial controversy after the Prosecutor's Office denounced a maneuver that, according to their argument, could benefit the former official. Among the elements cited in the file were expenses and trips that, for the investigators, do not bear a relationship with verifiable income. However, at the time of formally notifying the agreed-upon terms, the magistrate allegedly removed from the list the items related to those relatives and also ordered to sever Álvarez's ties to the case. For the Prosecutor's Office, this was an 'abrupt and arbitrary change' that alters what was consensual and limits the scope of the asset study. They also warned that cutting variables could affect the possibility of arriving at robust conclusions about the circuit of money and its potential link to concealment maneuvers. The audit, scheduled to begin on March 3, will also cover foreign trips, properties, and vehicles of the former mayor; the analysis of funds seized during the investigation; and the reconstruction of Cirio and Clerici's assets. Insaurralde, for his part, denied having enriched himself illicitly and attributed his standard of living to Cirio's income, including a donation that will also be examined by the experts. While the UIF and the NGO Poder Ciudadano, as complainants, evaluate new submissions, the prosecutor's argument has increased institutional pressure on the subrogate court. In a politically high-impact case, the 'changes' in the agreed-upon terms have opened a new chapter of suspicions and power struggles that, if not resolved in the court, could end up in a chamber review. The public exposure of the episode led to the resignation of the then head of the Buenos Aires Aires provincial cabinet of Axel Kicillof's government and sparked accusations of alleged incompatibility between the exhibited lifestyle and declared income.
