Judge Julieta Makintach, 47 years old, was accused this week of allegedly authorizing the filming of a documentary during the oral trial for the death of Diego Maradona. According to reports, the filming would have taken place without the proper authorization, which caused a stir in the judicial sphere.
The case raised alarms in the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) No. 3 of San Isidro, where Makintach serves. The controversy could even lead to the suspension of the trial, which would represent a judicial scandal of great magnitude.
A profile with judicial weight and influential family ties
Makintach holds a Master's degree in Criminal Law from Universidad Austral, an institution where she also worked as a professor. On her LinkedIn profile, she described herself as a criminal judge for eight years and highlighted her pride in working "on a path that seeks the truth to give each person what is theirs."
The daughter of renowned judge Juan Makintach and sister of Juan Makintach—one of the partners of the production company Pegsa, initially linked to the investigated filming—the magistrate belongs to a family with a strong presence in the Buenos Aires judicial sphere. Although it was investigated whether her brother's production company was involved in the filming, that relationship has not yet been officially confirmed.
