An appeal halts the decision regarding the payment offered by Saillén and Catrambone to avoid trial
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Mauricio Saillén and Pascual Catrambone's defense once again halted the progress of the case by objecting to Federal Oral Court No. 1's rejection of the payment offered. The objections arose at a key moment in the process, since the court had supported the prosecution's position regarding the lack of clarity about the origin of the money. The appeal thus halted a decision that could have paved the way for the start of the oral trial regarding the alleged businesses established during the union leadership of Surrbac.
The case investigates alleged illicit association, fraud, and usury schemes that would have harmed members of the Amsurrbac mutual and the Ossurrbac health insurance. The accusation states that some of these operations resulted in alleged money laundering through the purchase of land and real estate with intermediaries and trusts. Prosecutors stated that such schemes would have involved several associates, which complicated the case and raised expectations for a definitive judicial resolution.
The proposal to pay US$751,000 was submitted in 2024 as an attempt to repair damages and avoid the oral trial, but the court determined that the money did not offer guarantees. Federal prosecutor Maximiliano Hairabedian emphasized that the lack of traceability prevented validation of an agreement without knowing the origin of the funds, which led to the formal rejection of the proposal. That decision prompted the filing before the Criminal Cassation Chamber, which must now determine whether to accept or dismiss the defense's appeal.
La acusación afirma que existieron operaciones de presunto lavado de activos
Cassation could halt or enable the future of the trial
If Cassation accepts the defense's argument, the process will not move forward to the oral trial and the case could be closed without a ruling determining responsibilities. This would prevent the Public Prosecutor's Office from accessing new elements to further investigate other aspects of the waste collection business in Córdoba. But if Cassation rejects the appeal, TOF No. 1 must reconstitute its panel and set a trial date to simultaneously analyze the predicate offenses and the money laundering operations.
A possible trial would allow for the reconstruction of the influence maintained by the Saillén family, something that became evident in the last election with Juan Carlos Saillén's candidacy for the FE party. Although his overall electoral performance was not significant, he achieved a notable result in some sectors of the city, which reignited political interest in the evolution of the case. The possible opening of the oral proceedings could provide information about that network and clarify responsibilities in a conflict that has accumulated documentation and testimonies for years.
The list of defendants includes, in addition to Mauricio Saillén and Pascual Catrambone, Juan Saillén, Franco Saillén, Agustín Catrambone, Cecilia Oviedo, Gisel Monjes. Also implicated are Héctor Blanes, Juan Carlos Delgado, Juan Manuel Krainbuhl, Osvaldo César Medina, Juan Manuel Riba, Salome Alfazak, and Daniel Ayerbe, as alleged participants or front men at different stages.
The accusation states that each one would have acted in a coordinated manner to carry out the operations detected by prosecutors Senestrari and Hairabedian, who insist on moving forward to the oral stage. If that path is confirmed, the court must organize a trial that could reveal the full structure of the deals attributed to the core group of Surrbac leaders and associates.
