The Supreme Court of Justice confirmed the sentences imposed on a group of people accused of being part of a drug trafficking gang that operated from the San Francisco Penitentiary Facility 7 in Córdoba. The Federal Oral Court of Córdoba had sentenced Nagel to eight and a half years in prison, while the other defendants received sentences ranging from six and a half years to three years. Despite this, Ludueña and Juárez were acquitted, which led the prosecution to appeal the decision.
The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation decided to confirm the sentences and revoke the acquittals, ordering a new trial as it considered that the evaluation of the evidence had been biased. The defenses questioned this decision arguing that it violated the principle of innocence and the benefit of the doubt, also criticizing the interference of Cassation in matters of fact and evidence.
Ultimately, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals filed and upheld the sentences of Nagel, Almada, Brunotto, and Pablo Almada, as it considered the extraordinary appeal inadmissible. It also dismissed the claims of Ludueña and Juárez for not meeting the requirements of Resolution 4/2007. The investigation that led to these sentences began in 2018 and revealed that the criminal organization was operational from February 2016 to January 2018.
During the police operation, nearly 80 kilograms of marijuana were seized in raids conducted in different localities of Córdoba and in Frontera, Santa Fe. The gang was led by Mirna Nagel, who maintained contact with Moisés Almada, detained in the San Francisco prison, to supply him with drugs and cell phones. The prison guard Juan Ignacio Ludueña and his wife Claudia Juárez, a municipal employee, were also accused of facilitating the entry of drugs into the prison. Other individuals implicated in the case were Pablo Ezequiel Almada, Romina Brunotto, Ezequiel Fraga, Daiana Ramírez, and Deysi Nagel.
During the trial, Juárez admitted to having financial problems and an outstanding debt with Nagel, but claimed not to have knowledge of the latter's connection to drug trafficking.