Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio today determined that former Planning Minister Julio De Vido stand trial for the 2012 Buenos Aires railway disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, in which 51 people were killed and 789 injured. De Vido is also being investigated in money laundering and embezzlement cases. In December, the federal court investigating the case read the verdicts for 29 people involved in the Once Tragedy. But if the verdict is unfavorable, De Vido will still have to opportunity to appeal it to both the Federal Court of Appeals overseeing the tribunal’s actions and, if necessary, the highest criminal court in the country, the Cassation Court. If he get a less severe sentence, he can request to go on probation and thus avoid doing any actual time behind bars.

Source: The Bubble September 05, 2016 21:11 UTC