US EditionFootball for All: Justice Acquitted All Politicians and Sports Leaders Who Were Investigated
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Former cabinet chiefs Jorge Capitanich and Aníbal Fernández were the only defendants who had reached the verdict with requests for prison sentences, but the Court found that the prosecution's accusation was invalid.
The Federal Oral Court 1 acquitted former Chiefs of Staff Aníbal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich, together with 12 other defendants, on Friday in the context of the case investigating alleged irregularities in the “Football for All” programme. The ruling issued by judges Ricardo Basilil, José Michilini and Adrián Grünberg was unanimously taken and was based on the “absolute nullity” of the charge filed by prosecutor Miguel Angel Osorio. The judge…
Buenos Aires, December 6 (NA) -- The Buenos Aires legislator Graciela Ocaña described the recent acquittal of high officials and leaders of the AFA in the corruption case known as Fútbol para Todos, a program that, according to the complainant, constituted a multimillion-dollar "defraud of public funds." The judicial decision was enabled by the dismissal of the prosecution, which was annulled by the judges on the grounds that it was involved in …
The Federal Oral Court 1 declared the tax charge invalid and acquitted unanimously all the defendants in the Fútbol para Todos case. For the judges, the indictment against the former Chiefs of Staff, Aníbal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich, lacked motivation, did not identify responsibilities and presented serious technical flaws that prevented progress in a possible trial. The decision benefited former Cabinet efes, former AFA directors and refer…
BUENOS AIRES, December 6, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA-In a move that provoked a strong political and judicial tremor, the Comodoro Py Federal Oral Court unanimously acquitted former cabinet chiefs Anibal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich in the Fútbol para Todos case, declaring the fiscal charge null and void and abruptly closing one of the most emblematic corruption files of the last decade. The resolution was known at a strikingly elected moment…
The Federal Oral Court 1 acquitted former chiefs of Cabinet Aníbal Fernández and Jorge Capitanich in the Fútbol para Todos case and rejected the request for confiscation of 456 million pesos. The judges unanimously overturned the prosecution of prosecutor Miguel Ángel Osorio for lack of substantiation. The resolution benefits a total of 14 defendants, a list that includes the former holder of the AFA Luis Segura and former directors of Argentine…
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