The justice of Argentina carried out a raid on Friday night in the apartment of Alberto Fernandez and seized his cell phone as part of the investigation into gender violence following Fabiola Yañez’s complaint. The reason for the measure was to determine whether the former president continued to “harass” his ex-partner after being notified that he was not to have contact with her.
The procedure, which was ordered by prosecutors Carlos Rivolo and Ramiro Gonzalez, It took place in the tower of Puerto Madero where resides the former presidentas confirmed to THE NATION judicial sources. There, on the 12th floor of the building River View, Fernandez He stayed there again for the whole day on Friday, accompanied by a few friends and family.
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Earlier, the court had ordered the confidentiality of the summary in the case of the Alleged assaults suffered by the former first ladywhile ordering the implementation of reserved testing measures which, it was finally confirmed in the late hours of Friday, consisted mainly of the raid that a group of federal police carried out tonight.
Prosecutors Gonzalez and Rívolo They indicated, in the official request of Breaking and entering to the department of Fernandezwho need to “prove whether the harassment continued after being notified” that he should not have contact with Yanez. The former first lady had denounced that she was subjected to “psychological terrorism” by the former president.
Alberto Fernández’s cell phone has been the subject of strong political and judicial speculation for a few days nowsince until now the scandal chats They met through messages from his former private secretary Maria Cantero and by captures of the own Yanezalthough the Justice Department is now seeking to clarify the content of the former president’s device.
Fernandez He was in the apartment, accompanied by his half-brother Pablo Galindez and a few other people, while the police officers carried out the procedure. Earlier, the former president had appointed the lawyer Silvina Carreraa family law specialist, to defend him in the brand new file.
The file was filed today with the federal judge Julian Ercolinibut in another court, and the prosecutor changed, which will be from Monday Ramiro Gonzalez. In turn, the prosecutor Carlos Rivolowhich has been involved until now, will continue to act jointly in the case, based on the principle of unity of the public ministry.
The cause for gender violence against Yanez It is a spin-off of the case of fraud for the hiring of the Insurance of the State. It was an incident from the same file, since the photos of the blows were found in the chats of Stonecutterinvestigated for getting business for her husband broker Hector Martinez Sosa.
But as the case of the blows is a different fact from the insurance fraudprosecutor Rívolo asked Judge Ercolini to send the file of gender violenceto avoid possible nullities, since otherwise someone could say that he wanted to keep the summary for himself in a maneuver known as forum shopping.
The draw was made this morning at the Federal Chamber by means of a computer system that assigns cases. The courts among which the case was drawn were those numbered 6 to 11. The system determined that the case would remain in the Court No. 10who is a native of Ercolini, while the prosecutor on duty with that court is Ramiro González.
In this way, the two facts investigated, corruption with insurance and gender violence, are now processed as separate cases but remain with the same judge. Specialized Prosecution Unit on Violence against Women (UFEM) and the General Directorate of Support, Guidance and Protection for Victims (DOVIC).
Now, prosecutor González is waiting for the right moment to hear Yañez’s story, so that he can give a detailed description of the events and the place where they took place. It remains to be seen whether the cell phone seized that night from former President Fernández will yield new evidence to add to the file of the case in progress.
